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US 2010/0250783 A1Published application
System and method for tcp/ip offload independent of bandwidth delay product
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsUri Elzur, Frankie Fan, Steven B. Lindsay, Scott S. McDaniel
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Abstract
A network interface device may include an offload engine that receives control of state information while a particular connection is offloaded. Control of the state information for the particular connection may be split between the network interface device and a host. The at least one connection variables may be updated and provided to the host.
Claims13
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A network interface device comprising:
- an offload engine;
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- a memory that is operable to store at least one attribute of an open connection;
- while a connection is open between a first computer and a second computer, the offload engine receives at least one connection state from the first computer, wherein the offload engine is operable to update the at least one connection state;
- when the connection is closed, the offload engine is operable to return the connection state to a stack in the first computer.
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