Patent ID: 6064672
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for maintaining a sequence of packets transmitted by at least one producer node to at least one consumer node in a computer network, including:a first send subsystem of said producer node configured to maintain a first set of information indicating a sequence of a plurality of transmitted packets sent by said producer node; anda first receive subsystem of said producer node configured to maintain a second set of information indicating a sequence of a plurality of received acknowledgements received by said producer node, and to detect a condition wherein a sent packet has not resulted in an acknowledgement;a second send subsystem of said consumer node configured to maintain a third set of information indicating a sequence of a plurality of transmitted acknowledgements sent by said consumer node; anda second receive subsystem of said consumer node configured to maintain a fourth set of information indicating a sequence of a plurality of received packets received by said consumer node from said producer node.