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Patent Title: Method for logical connection resynchronization

Assignee: IBM
Patent Number: US6237111
Issue Date: 05-22-2001
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File Date:10-29-1998


Abstract: A technique is provided for resynchronizing message traffic in a communication network following network component failure. A failing component, upon restart, retrieves stored control information including a SYNC number and byte sequence number (BSN) from external memory. The SYNC number is then incremented by a predetermined amount to obtain a new SYNC number, with the predetermined amount being sufficient to ensure that the new SYNC number comprises a current SYNC number. Assuming that the failure occurs at a first data processing system in the network, a status request message is sent from the first data processing system to a second data processing system across the logical connection. The status request includes the new SYNC number, and the BSN read from the external memory. The first data processing system waits for a response message to its status request message. The response message contains a BSN of a next piece of data that the second data processing system is expecting. This information is then used to update the logical connection control information at the first data processing system, thereby completing resynchronization.

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