Group-to-group communication over a single connection

Details Group-to-group communication over a single connection Group-to-group communication over a single connection

2004-09-15

2011-12-27

Mesfin, Yemane (Department: 2444)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer-to-computer protocol implementing

C709S238000, C709S204000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08086747

ABSTRACT:
A system enabled for reliable and ordered data communication between two sets of nodes with atomic multi-point delivery and multi-point transmission, for example, extending TCP/IP is described hereon. The transmission control protocol (TCP/IP) is intended for reliable host-to-host communication [RFC 793]. The invention extends TCP's notion of host-to-host communication to symmetric group-to-group communication maintaining TCP specifications for data traffic between the groups. The current definition of, two endpoints of a TCP connection is extended to two groups of endpoints, communicating over the connection. End-points of a connection terminate at group nodes. When multiple nodes must be delivered with data, the delivery is performed atomically. Of data originating multiple nodes, optionally, a single data instance is transmitted. Each endpoint is comprised of a receiveHead and a sendHead operating independently. The receiveHead controls delivery of incoming data to application socket and sendHead controls transmission.

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