Patent ID: 7275093

Claim:
A method of managing message size for a connection between a data source and a data receiver on a network comprising the steps of: obtaining a determined maximum segment size based on maximum segment sizes of a plurality of packet transport networks between a data source and a data receiver; negotiating a maximum segment size for a connection with a data receiver to reduce message fragmentation by altering an announcement, the steps comprising: (i) receiving an announcement from said data receiver of a first connection between said data source and said data receiver, wherein said announcement denotes a maximum segment size; (ii) when the determined maximum segment size is smaller than the said maximum segment size in said announcement message, generating an altered announcement message by changing said maximum segment size in said announcement of said first connection to the determined maximum segment size to reduce message fragmentation on packet transport between said data source and said data receiver; and sending subsequent messages from the data source to the data receiver using the determined maximum segment size.