摘要 |
Rapid and reliable network data delivery uses state sharing to combine multiple flows into one meta-flow at an intermediate network stack meta-layer, or shim layer. Copies of all packets of the meta-flow are buffered using a common wait queue having an associated retransmit timer, or set of timers. The timers may have fixed or dynamic timeout values. The meta-flow may combine multiple distinct data flows to multiple distinct destinations and/or from multiple distinct sources. In some cases, only a subset of all packets of the meta-flow are buffered.
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