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Method for setting a timer based on previous channel request statistics

US6530056B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 2000
Grant dateMar 4, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/1887
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a network utilizing a transmitting peer channel and a receiving peer channel, each channel having a channel gatekeeper, to transport a plurality of types of data packets each having a different priority and requesting an acknowledgment following the transmission of the data packets, a method for dynamically setting the retransmission timer value is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of waiting for the end of a channel burst for a user on the second channel, determining whether the user is requesting an acknowledgment, and determining the retransmission timer value using previous channel request statistics combined with current known gatekeeper information.

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