Patent · US Expired

Urgent packet transmission

US6631132B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1999
Grant dateOct 7, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/245
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of transmitting packets from a transmitter to a receiver. The method includes providing a first packet including a header, transmitting a leading part of the first packet on a link from the transmitter to the receiver, the leading part not including a header separate from the header of the entire packet, and transmitting a second packet on the link after the leading part of the first packet was transmitted and before a remaining part of the first packet was transmitted.

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