Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to network topologies and engineering, time-aware networks, time-sensitive applications, edge computing frameworks, data processing, network communication, and communication system implementations, and in particular, to techniques for providing in-transit packet detection to reduce real-time packet jitter. The present disclosure includes in-transit packet detectors inside a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity that observes received frames stored in a buffer, and provides in-transit received frame flag through a next bit of a descriptor. This provides a hint of received packet batch processing about in-transit receiver frames that should be processed in a current batch cycle.

Abstract: Examples include a computing system including a network input/output (I/O) device, the network I/O device including a microcontroller, a network controller, and a proxy mode monitor to enter a proxy mode by causing transfer of control of the network controller from a processor to the microcontroller without resetting the network controller, and to exit the proxy mode by causing transfer of control of the network controller from the microcontroller to the processor without resetting the network controller.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to transmit and/or receive data streams with a network interface controller are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a direct memory access engine to fetch a descriptor for a data transmission from system memory; and determine a time to generate an interrupt based on the descriptor; a scheduler to trigger the interrupt when the time occurs, the interrupt to cause an application to sample data and store the sampled data as a payload data structure into the system memory; the direct memory access engine to access the payload data structure from the system memory; and the scheduler to cause transmission of the payload data structure.

Abstract: Examples include a computing system including a network input/output (I/O) device, the network I/O device including a microcontroller, a network controller, and a proxy mode monitor to enter a proxy mode by causing transfer of control of the network controller from a processor to the microcontroller without resetting the network controller, and to exit the proxy mode by causing transfer of control of the network controller from the microcontroller to the processor without resetting the network controller.

Abstract: A process, method, and system that monitors data packets received by one or more network connections, and associates a maximum delay period with each network connection monitored. A transmission queue is maintained for each of the maximum delay periods associated with a network connection, such that each transmission queue includes queue entries that identify the data packets to be transmitted within the respective maximum delay period.