Patent ID: 8769146
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing packets, the method comprising: receiving a packet from a source machine at a transport layer of a destination machine, the packet including data and a transport layer protocol header, the transport layer protocol header including a non-IP address socket anchor and a port number; and forwarding the data to a network socket of the destination machine, the network socket being identified by the non-IP address socket anchor and the port number, wherein the transport layer protocol header further comprises an options extension that includes an 8-bit kind field that identifies the options extension as anchor information, an 8-bit length field that specifies a length of the non-IP address socket anchor, a 16-bit internet protocol-association field that indicates if the non-IP address socket anchor is a source socket anchor or a destination socket anchor, and the non-IP address socket anchor, wherein the 8-bit length field specifies the length of the non-IP address socket anchor is 128 bits.