SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A system and method for increasing the effective bandwidth of a communicatio ns network is provided by overlaying a "super" transport and caching structure over the conventional TCP/IP communications network, for example, the Intern et 160, which increases the transfer rate of information in the communications network. The "super" transport and caching structure includes software or hardware or both added to at least two modules separated by a communications link in the communications network. The net result is that the users of the communications network have their time to access and/or retrieve information s significantly reduced, and the communications network, particularly a large network, e.g. the Internet 160, becomes an efficient means of performing commercial transactions by both businesses and individuals.