Design, implementation, and evaluation of a single-copy protocol stack

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 749-772

  Steenkiste, Peter ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Outboard buffering; Socket communication API; TCP IP; Zero copy protocol implementation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API); DATA CHECKSUMMING; SOCKET COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP);

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032095936     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199807)28:7<749::AID-SPE175>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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