Computer system including a network employing redundant information and slicing
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Cypher, Andrew Phelps
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Abstract
A computer system may include a client subsystem, another client subsystem, and a network coupled to the client subsystems. The network includes several network slices. One of the client subsystems is configured to convey a packet to the other client subsystem by conveying each of several slices of the packet on a respective one of the network slices. The client subsystem also conveys redundant information associated with the packet on at least one additional network slice. The redundant data is usable to regenerate at least one of the slices of the packet. BACKGROUND
Claims29
A computer system, comprising:
- a client subsystem;
- an other client subsystem;
- and
- a network coupled to the client subsystem and the other client subsystem and including a plurality of network slices;
- wherein the client subsystem is configured to convey a packet to the other client subsystem by conveying each of a plurality of slices of the packet on a respective one of the plurality of network slices;
- wherein the client subsystem is further configured to convey redundant information associated with the packet on at least one additional slice of the plurality of network slices, wherein the redundant data is usable to regenerate at least one of the plurality of slices of the packet.
A method, comprising:
- a client subsystem conveying each of a plurality of packet slices via a respective one of a plurality of network slices coupling the client subsystem to an other client subsystem;
- the client subsystem conveying redundant information associated with the plurality of packet slices via at least one additional one of the plurality of network slices;
- the other client subsystem using the redundant information to regenerate at least one of the plurality of packet slices.
A system, comprising:
- a client device;
- an other client device;
- a network coupled to the client device and the other client device, wherein the network includes a plurality of network slices, wherein each of the plurality of network slices is a plurality of bits wide;
- wherein the client device is configured to convey a packet to the other client device via the plurality of network slices by sending each of a plurality of different portions of the packet on a respective one of the plurality of network slices;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of different portions of the packet includes redundant information usable to regenerate at least one other one of the plurality of different portions of the packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.