Patent ID: 8325600

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an update logic to update context information corresponding to one of a plurality of segments of a first data transmission request; a network adapter to: transmit a next one of the plurality of segments in accordance with the updated context information, wherein the context information is to comprise data corresponding to an Internet protocol (IP) identification field; and interleave a second data transmission request with the plurality of segments of the first data transmission to reduce traffic congestion within a system that comprises both the update logic and the network adapter, wherein the network adapter is to interleave the second data transmission request with the plurality of segments based on a combination of: a fairness arbitration determination between a first buffer and a second buffer that are to respectively store data corresponding to the first and the second data transmission requests, reduction of traffic congestion in a network coupled to the system, quality of service, and a priority assigned to the first or the second data transmission requests.