Apparatus and methods for transmitting data at high speed using TCP/IP

A method for transmitting transmit data associated with a bi-directional data flow between a first host computer and a second host computer, said first host computer and said second host computer being coupled via a computer network, said method comprising:

• storing transmit-facilitating parameters employed for said transmitting said transmit data in a first control block, said first control block being implemented in said first host computer and associated with said bi-directional data flow, said transmitting said transmit data being performed in accordance with the TCP protocol;
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• employing said transmit-facilitating parameters in said first control block to facilitate servicing a transmit request pertaining to a given portion of said transmit data from said first host computer to said second computer, wherein said servicing said transmit request occurs simultaneously with servicing a receive request pertaining to receive data associated with said bi-directional data flow from said second host computer by said first host computer, said receive data being received using receive-facilitating parameters stored in a second control block implemented in said first host computer, said receive data being received in accordance with said TCP protocol.

Circuitries for facilitating data exchange via a network, said circuitries being associated with a first host computer coupled to a network, said network being coupled to a second host computer, said circuitries comprising:

• means for storing transmit-facilitating parameters employed for transmitting transmit data associated with a bi-directional data flow from said first host computer to said second host computer, said transmit data being transmitted using the TCP protocol, said means for storing being implemented in said first host computer;
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• means for servicing a transmit request pertaining a given portion of said transmit data using said transmit-facilitating parameters, wherein said servicing said transmit request occurs simultaneously with servicing a receive request pertaining to receive data associated with said bi-directional data flow from said second host computer by said first host computer, said receive data being received using parameters tracked in means for storing receive-facilitating parameters, said means for storing receive-facilitating parameters also being implemented in said first host computer, said receive data being received in accordance with said TCP protocol.

Circuitries for facilitating data exchange via a network, said circuitries being associated with a first host computer coupled to said network, said network being coupled to a second host computer, said circuitries comprising:

• a first control block configured to store transmit-facilitating parameters employed for transmitting transmit data associated with a bi-directional data flow from said first host computer to said second host computer, said transmit data being transmitted using the TCP protocol, said first control block being implemented in said first host computer;
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• circuitry configured to service a transmit request pertaining a given portion of said transmit data using said transmit-facilitating parameters, wherein said servicing said transmit request occurs simultaneously with servicing a receive request pertaining to receive data associated with said bi-directional data flow from said second host computer by said first host computer, said receive data being received using parameters tracked in a second control block, said second control block also being implemented in said first host computer, said receive data being received in accordance with said TCP protocol.