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Transmission order based selective repeat data transmission error recovery system and method

US5754754A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 1995
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/188
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An error recovery system and method for use in a data communication system in which a sender station transmits information packets with sequentially numbered information to a receiver station. The system includes selective retransmission of information packets which have had errors in transmission based on the order of transmission of information packets independent of the sequential (sequence) number of the information packets. A list, such as a linked list having a beginning and an end, is provided and, at the time of transmission of information packets, an identification of the transmitted information packet is placed at the end of the list. A status packet is provided by the receiver station to the sender station which identifies the sequential number of information packets which have been correctly received. Any information packets which have not been acknowledged as correctly received are retransmitted only if such packet was transmitted earlier in time than an information packet which has been acknowledged as correctly received as indicated by the position of the information packets in the list. The receiver station detects the presence of gaps and transmits a status packet …

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