公开(公告)号：US6009101A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-28

申请号：US36462

申请日：1998-03-06

申请人： Daniel L. Schoo ,  Richard J. Varman

发明人： Daniel L. Schoo ,  Richard J. Varman

IPC分类号： H04J3/02

CPC分类号： H04L65/1026 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L65/4007 ,  H04Q3/64

摘要： A method and apparatus for distributing protocol processing among a plurality of computing platforms. Data communications equipment such as Remote Access Devices, Communication Servers, Terminal Servers, and Dial-up Routers provide single user or large-scale multiple user communication access to various computing environments. The equipment costs and performance of levels of providing such access equipment is related to the amount of CPU processing capability and memory required to support the desired number of serial communication links. It is common to use protocols that terminate in their entirely in the same processing machine. This invention encompasses methods developed to increase the cost/performance capabilities of the communication equipment that supports these serial links, primarily by means of distributing the protocol processing across multiple computing platforms, including devices such as modems.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在多个计算平台之间分配协议处理的方法和装置。 诸如远程访问设备，通信服务器，终端服务器和拨号路由器之类的数据通信设备提供对各种计算环境的单用户或大规模多用户通信访问。 提供这种接入设备的设备成本和级别的性能与支持所需数量的串行通信链路所需的CPU处理能力和存储器的数量有关。 通常使用终止于其完全在同一加工机器中的协议。 本发明包括为提高支持这些串行链路的通信设备的成本/性能能力而开发的方法，主要是通过跨多个计算平台（包括诸如调制解调器）的设备分配协议处理。