Method and apparatus for offloading packet classification processing of an access point in a residential gateway

    公开(公告)号:US20190044868A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US15986845

    申请日:2018-05-23

    CPC classification number: H04L47/2441 H04L12/2898 H04W84/12 H04W88/08

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for offloading packet classification processing of an access point in a residential gateway. A residential gateway includes a wireless access point and a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives a data packet from a network via a network port, processes the data packet to obtain packet classification information for the data packet, and sends the data packet with the packet classification information to the access point. The access point may process the data packet based on the packet classification information received from the processing circuit. The packet classification information includes at least one of a basic service set identifier, a station identifier, and an access category. The processing circuit may include a packet accelerator. The packet accelerator may write a cookie including the packet classification information in a packet descriptor for the data packet.

    CROSS-DEVICE SEGMENTATION OFFLOAD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200068048A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16466087

    申请日:2017-01-03

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to offloading processing intensive tasks in communication protocol specific operations off the device, e.g. to another network node connected to the device via a network. Such tasks may for example include flow control, segmentation/desegmentation, and/or error control. As part of error control, protocols of the transport protocol layer of the OSI protocol stack may include checksum calculation to ensure reliability of the (payload) data. The calculation of checksums may be processing intensive. For this reason, example client nodes that realize the offloading of processing intensive tasks in communication protocol specific operations to another network node may not utilize any transport layer protocol at all, but rely on flow control and error control implemented in most modern data link layer protocols (Layer 2 of the OSI protocol stack). Accordingly, the processing intensive tasks can be “shifted” from the client device to another device.

    Method and apparatus for offloading packet classification processing of an access point in a residential gateway

    公开(公告)号:US11277346B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16724412

    申请日:2019-12-23

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for offloading packet classification processing of an access point in a residential gateway. A residential gateway includes a wireless access point and a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives a data packet from a network via a network port, processes the data packet to obtain packet classification information for the data packet, and sends the data packet with the packet classification information to the access point. The access point may process the data packet based on the packet classification information received from the processing circuit. The packet classification information includes at least one of a basic service set identifier, a station identifier, and an access category. The processing circuit may include a packet accelerator. The packet accelerator may write a cookie including the packet classification information in a packet descriptor for the data packet.

    Cross-device segmentation offload

    公开(公告)号:US11172054B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16466087

    申请日:2017-01-03

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to offloading processing intensive tasks in communication protocol specific operations off the device, e.g. to another network node connected to the device via a network. Such tasks may for example include flow control, segmentation/desegmentation, and/or error control. As part of error control, protocols of the transport protocol layer of the OSI protocol stack may include checksum calculation to ensure reliability of the (payload) data. The calculation of checksums may be processing intensive. For this reason, example client nodes that realize the offloading of processing intensive tasks in communication protocol specific operations to another network node may not utilize any transport layer protocol at all, but rely on flow control and error control implemented in most modern data link layer protocols (Layer 2 of the OSI protocol stack). Accordingly, the processing intensive tasks can be “shifted” from the client device to another device.

    CONTROLLING DIGITAL VIDEO BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION WITH A VIRTUALIZED COMMUNICATION HUB

    公开(公告)号:US20210099770A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US16870607

    申请日:2020-05-08

    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to control digital video bandwidth utilization with a virtualized communication hub are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include monitoring, with a virtual access function of the virtualized communication hub, an aggregate load on a broadband access medium to detect bandwidth utilization events. Disclosed example methods also include sending, from the virtual access function, a first notification message to a virtual set-top box of the virtualized communication hub in response to detecting a first bandwidth utilization event. Disclosed example methods further include adjusting, at the virtual set-top box and based on the first notification message, an output bandwidth for streaming digital media from the virtual set-top box to a physical set-top box via a broadband access medium.

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