Abstract: An entity for RDMA is configured to maintain a time-based queue pair (QP). The time-based QP comprises a first area associated with a time-based indication and is configured to hold one or more first WQEs. The time-based indication indicates that the one or more WQEs in the first area are to be periodically processed. The entity is further configured to periodically process the one or more first WQEs in the first area according to the time-based indication.

Abstract: A method processes data requests from a requester to a responder over a network by using remote direct memory access. The method includes the requester issuing two or more requests into a work queue of a network interface controller. The method further includes the network interface controller executing the queued requests by sending them to the responder, and receiving responses to the sent request from the responder. One or more given requests each includes dependency information related to the response from the responder to one or more previous requests in the work queue, the method further includes, before executing the given request by the network interface controller, evaluating the dependency information and executing the given request depending on the result of the evaluation.

Abstract: A system for provisioning of point-to-point Ethernet data services via a cable provisioning infrastructure, including CPEs, and floor switches that include customer-facing ports, each CPE being connected to a customer-facing port, and a cable operator distribution hub, including aggregation switches, each floor switch being connected to one aggregation switch, a gateway server, and an operations support system server provisioning cable data services to the subscribers, including a host configuration server dynamically allocating network addresses to the CPEs, wherein the aggregation switches and the gateway server are configured to intermediate as a double-relay for initial network address request messages between the CPEs and the host configuration server, whereby the aggregation switches relay the messages to the gateway server, and the gateway server relays the messages to the host configuration server, and wherein the gateway server is operable to add host configuration server options to messages that it