System and method for expediting upper layer protocol (ULP) connection negotiations
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsKan Frankie Fan, Uri Elzur
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Abstract
Systems and methods that expedite connection negotiations. In one embodiment, a method expedites an upper layer protocol (ULP) negotiation between a first node and a second node. The method may include, for example, sending a modified acknowledgement packet from the first node to the second node, the modified acknowledgement packet including information that is used to retrieve parameters agreed upon by the first node and the second node in a previous ULP negotiation between the first node and the second node.
Claims23
A method for expediting an upper layer protocol (ULP) negotiation between a first node and a second node, comprising:
- sending a modified acknowledgement packet from the first node to the second node, the modified acknowledgement packet comprising information that is used to retrieve parameters agreed upon by the first node and the second node in a previous ULP negotiation between the first node and the second node.
A method for connecting a first machine to a second machine, comprising:
- sending a synchronization packet from the first machine to the second machine;
- sending a synchronization/acknowledgement packet from the second machine to the first machine;
- and
- sending a modified acknowledgement packet from the first machine to the second machine.
A method for creating a communications link between a first node and a second node, comprising:
- setting up a TLP connection between the first node and the second node;
- and
- sending information from the first node to the second node during the TLP connection set up, the information referencing parameters to expedite ULP negotiations for a particular type of ULP connection between the first node and the second node.
A method for creating a communications link between a first node and a second node, comprising:
- setting up a TLP connection between the first node and the second node;
- and
- sending information from the first node to the second node after the TLP connection set up, the information referencing parameters to expedite ULP negotiations for a particular type of ULP connection between the first node and the second node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.