Proactive TCP Connection Stall Recovery for HTTP Streaming Content Requests

摘要

Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for improving the reception of data at a computing device by proactively utilizing new TCP connections in response to identifying that TCP connections have stalled. In an embodiment, a processor of the computing device may perform operations including monitoring a status of requests via a plurality of TCP connections, identifying a stalled TCP connection having a missing request based on the monitoring, wherein the stalled TCP connection is configured to utilize a first network interface and access a first data source, evaluating other TCP connections to determine whether the other TCP connections stall using the first network interface or when accessing the first data source; identifying a second network interface and a second data source based on the evaluating, and reissuing the missing request with a new TCP connection configured to use the second network interface and access the second data source.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a computing device to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a status of requests via a plurality of TCP connections; identifying a stalled TCP connection having a missing request based on the monitoring, wherein the stalled TCP connection is configured to utilize a first network interface and access a first data source; evaluating one or more other TCP connections to determine whether the one or more other TCP connections stall when using the first network interface or when accessing the first data source; identifying a second network interface and a second data source based on the evaluating; and reissuing the missing request with a new TCP connection configured to use the second network interface and access the second data source.