Reliable message transmission with packet-level resend
US7013419B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/1605
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for communication over a network includes receiving from a host processor a descriptor defining a message including message data to be sent over the network, and responsive to the descriptor, generating a sequence of packets each containing a respective portion of the message data. An indication is entered in a selected packet among the packets in the sequence, other than the final packet, requesting that a recipient of the packets acknowledge the selected packet. Following an interruption in the sequence of the packets subsequent to the selected packet, sending of the packets in the sequence resumes beginning after the selected packet.
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