Use of idle frames for early transmission of negative acknowledgement of frame receipt
US7720043B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/1848
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A group of data frames from a plurality of communication channels is received. At least one idle frame including a sequence number of a last frame in the group of data frames is then received. A delay period of time is allowed to elapse after receiving the idle frame before sending a negative acknowledgement message, if at least one data frame is missing.
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