Apparatus and method for selectively delaying network data flows

摘要

A control system managing data flows between a sender data processor and a recipient data processor. The data flows originate at the recipient data processor and pass through at least one telecommunications network gateway. The control system includes: a data flow identifier operable to discriminate data packets, sent by the sender data processor to the recipient data processor, as belonging to different data flows depending on respective software applications from which the data flows are originated; and an acknowledgement packet delayer operable to detect acknowledgment packets sent by the recipient data processor for acknowledging receipt of corresponding data packets received from the sender data processor, to discriminate among the acknowledgment packets depending on the data flow to which the acknowledgment packets pertains, and to selectively delay forwarding of the acknowledgment packets to the sender data processor, the selectively delaying depending on the data flow to which the acknowledgment packets relate.

主权项

1. A control system for managing data flows between sender data circuitry and recipient data circuitry, said data flows being originated by applications running on the recipient data circuitry and passing through at least one gateway of a telecommunications network, the control system comprising:
data flow identifier circuitry configured to discriminate data packets, sent by the sender data circuitry to the recipient data circuitry, as belonging to different data flows depending on respective applications from which the data flows are originated; and acknowledgement packet delayer circuitry configured to:
detect acknowledgment packets received from the recipient data circuitry for acknowledging the receipt of corresponding data packets received from the sender data circuitry,discriminate among the acknowledgment packets received from the recipient data circuitry, depending on the data flow to which the acknowledgment packets pertains, andselectively delay the forwarding of the acknowledgment packets to the sender data circuitry, said selectively delaying depending on the data flow to which the acknowledgment packets relate.