| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a protocol and associated method for enhancing the throughput and response time performance of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) applications and services in Internet and Intranet environments that use the TCP/IP protocol suite, e.g., HTTP Internet browsers, HTTP servers, FTP servers, etc. The protocol of the present invention, termed Communication Enhancement Protocol (CEP), comprises a flow control method that functions to maximize the performance of IP communication links. The CEP is positioned in either Transport Layer 4 or Session Layer 5 of the OSI communications protocol stack. The CEP of the present invention optimizes the interactions between transport protocols and applications by utilizing novel flow control algorithms so as to reduce overhead and the use of the server's resources. Using the CEP of the present invention, data throughput and response time up to 2.5 times as fast as compared with conventional communication protocols. The CEP also comprises an error handling mechanism that permits detection of and recovery from packet loss and extreme network congestion.
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