CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05); H04L 69/326 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of performing a TCP (Transport Control Protocol) connection split operation, the method comprising:
at a first computer that is along a path traversed from a source machine to a destination machine:
creating, before receiving a connection request from the source machine for a TCP connection to the destination machine, a plurality of pre-established TCP connections with a second computer that is along the path traversed from the source machine to the destination machine;
receiving, from the source machine, the TCP connection request for a connection to the destination machine;
selecting a particular TCP connection from the plurality of pre-established TCP connections; and
using the particular TCP connection with the second computer to relay the received connection request from the source machine to the destination machine.
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