Method and system for improving network performance using a performance enhancing proxy

A method for performing functions to enhance performance of a communication network, the method comprising:

• selectively spoofing a plurality of connections associated with a plurality of hosts based upon corresponding spoofing criteria, the step of selectively spoofing including,
• allocating a connection control block among a plurality of connection control blocks corresponding to a spoofed connection, each of the plurality of connection control blocks storing information related to the plurality of connections;
• providing local acknowledgement of received messages over the connections;
• multiplexing the plurality of connections over a common backbone connection;
• prioritizing access to the backbone connection based upon prioritization criteria;
• and
• determining a path among a plurality of paths to transmit the received messages based upon path selection criteria.

A network apparatus for performing functions to enhance performance of a communication network, the network apparatus comprising:

• means for selectively spoofing a plurality of connections associated with a plurality of hosts based upon corresponding spoofing criteria, the spoofing means including,
• means for allocating a connection control block among a plurality of connection control blocks corresponding to a spoofed connection, each of the plurality of connection control blocks storing information related to the plurality of connections;
• means for providing local acknowledgement of received messages over the connections;
• means for multiplexing the plurality of connections over a common backbone connection;
• means for prioritizing access to the backbone connection based upon prioritization criteria;
• and
• means for determining a path among a plurality of paths to transmit the received messages based upon path selection criteria.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for performing functions to enhance performance of a communication network, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• selectively spoofing a plurality of connections associated with a plurality of hosts based upon corresponding spoofing criteria, the step of selectively spoofing including,
• allocating a connection control block among a plurality of connection control blocks corresponding to a spoofed connection, each of the plurality of connection control blocks storing information related to the plurality of connections;
• providing local acknowledgement of received messages over the connections;
• multiplexing the plurality of connections over a common backbone connection;
• prioritizing access to the backbone connection based upon prioritization criteria;
• and
• determining a path among a plurality of paths to transmit the received messages based upon path selection criteria.