Enhancements for tcp perfomance enhancing proxies
CA 2473863 A1 · Owner: Ems Technologies Canada, Ltd. · Inventors: Mohsen, Abdul-Kader; Pether, Andrew M.; Begin, Guy
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A method and system is presented for the bi-directional transfer of data packets over a TCP communications system that can comprise both terrestrial and satellite links, (~RL~, ~FL~) using an enhanced flight protocol (~FP~) that, transparently to the end users, replaces the TCP over the congested satellite link portion of the system that accelerates the data delivery between end users and improves reliability of the data packet transmission. The invention eliminates the conventional TCP 3-way handshake and other associated time-delay procedures and replaces them with an improved use of performance enhancing proxies at either end of the satellite link that use a unique …
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- Filed November 13, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 13, 2022.
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