Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device comprising a data transfer optimization module, input identifying a source directory comprising data and a target directory at a storage device, splitting the data into a plurality of data groups for transfer to the storage device, transmitting the data groups concurrently to the storage device on data paths wherein transfer times of the data groups are monitored, receiving at the data transfer optimization module, identification of a data group with a longest transfer time, splitting the data group with the longest transfer time, and placing the data from the data group into at least two of the data groups for transfer to the storage device. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device comprising a data transfer optimization module, input identifying a source directory comprising data and a target directory at a storage device, splitting the data into a plurality of data groups for transfer to the storage device, transmitting the data groups concurrently to the storage device on data paths wherein transfer times of the data groups are monitored, receiving at the data transfer optimization module, identification of a data group with a longest transfer time, splitting the data group with the longest transfer time, and placing the data from the data group into at least two of the data groups for transfer to the storage device. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Embodiments may comprise a cable network that shifts control plane functionality for multicast sessions to a cable modem termination system allowing multicast without a cable modem snooping messages from a coupled device. Another embodiment may comprise a network including a device to generate a request to join a multicast session over a cable network, a cable modem termination system in communication with the device, the cable modem termination system to receive the request from the device and to generate a flow identifier to associate with the multicast session, and a cable modem in communication with the cable modem termination system and the device, the cable modem to receive the flow identifier from the cable modem termination system and forward the multicast session to the device from the cable modem termination system based on the flow identifier.

Abstract: A resource reservation and admission control scheme uses pseudowires to reserve bandwidth over a layer-2 and/or layer-3 network. The pseudowires are associated with ports on different network processing devices. During a resource reservation and admission control session, the physical links used by the pseudowire are selected and reserved to more effectively allocate network bandwidth. The negotiated pseudowire is then used to transport content for a communication session over the network. In one example application, the resource reservation and admission control scheme is used during a Downstream External PHY Interface (DEPI) session for pseudowires established between a Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) Core and an Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Interface (EQAM) device. However, the reservation protocol can be used in any application that needs to reserve bandwidth over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

Abstract: A resource reservation and admission control scheme uses pseudowires to reserve bandwidth over a layer-2 and/or layer-3 network. The pseudowires are associated with ports on different network processing devices. During a resource reservation and admission control session, the physical links used by the pseudowire are selected and reserved to more effectively allocate network bandwidth. The negotiated pseudowire is then used to transport content for a communication session over the network. In one example application, the resource reservation and admission control scheme is used during a Downstream External PHY Interface (DEPI) session for pseudowires established between a Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) Core and an Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Interface (EQAM) device. However, the reservation protocol can be used in any application that needs to reserve bandwidth over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.