ENHANCED NETWORK COMMUNICATION

摘要

A communication system in which client and server communication systems are coupled over a data network. In accordance with the invention, communication between the client and server communication systems has desirable characteristics, such as high throughput and low latency. Each of the server communication systems is configured to communicate with the client communication system using at least one of a set of transport layer protocols. The client communication system includes a transport layer module which implements the set of transport layer protocols. The client communication sytem also includes a layered communication module coupled to the transport layer module. The layered communication module includes a protocol selector for receiving a request to communicate with a requested one of the server communication systems and, using this request to communicate, choosing one the set of transport layer protocols for communication with the requested server system. The server communication system includes a communication application, coupled to a transport layer module, for maintaining a transport layer communication stream with each of a number of client communication systems, for accepting requests over the communication systems, for accepting requests over the communication streams from client communication systems to communicate with the one or more server applications, and for passing information between the cleint communication systems and the server applications over the communication streams.