Method and apparatus for transmitting messages
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTAREK MAKANSI, JAMES MICHAEL GAMPPER
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Abstract
A method of transmitting a message as packets over a network includes at least one from the group consisting of: forming packets with random sizes, transmitting the packets in random order, transmitting the packets through different routes in the network, and transmitting dummy data within the packets. An article of manufacture may include a computer-readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to perform at least one from the group described.
Claims13
A method of transmitting a message as packets over a network, the method including at least one from the group consisting of:
- forming packets with random sizes;
- transmitting the packets in random order;
- transmitting the packets through different routes in a network;
- and
- transmitting dummy data within the packets.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to perform at least one from the group consisting of:
- forming packets with random sizes;
- transmitting the packets in random order;
- transmitting the packets through different routes in a network;
- and
- transmitting dummy data within the packets.
A method of transmitting a message as packets over a network, the method including:
- forming packets with random sizes;
- transmitting the packets in random order through different routes in a network;
- and
- transmitting dummy data within the packets.
A message in a network, the message comprising a plurality of packets, wherein the packets have random sizes, random order or a combination thereof.
A message in a network, the message comprising a plurality of packets, wherein:
- the packets are for transmission through different routes in a network;
- dummy data are interspersed within the packets;
- or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.