System and method for adaptive frame size management in a wireless multihop network
US7965738B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2001/0097
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for adaptively managing frame size in a wireless multihop network (100) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a packet is transmitted from a source to a destination (420). A acknowledgement packet (422) is received and a successful acknowledgement packet counter is incremented if the acknowledgement packet arrives prior to a time-out of a timer (444). A frame size is increased if the successful acknowledgement packet counter reaches a specified value (446, 448). If the acknowledgement packet arrives after the time-out of the timer, the successful acknowledgement packet counter (460) is reset and the frame size (462) is decreased. These procedures can be repeated until the frame size is greater than or equal to a maximum frame size (450) or less than or equal to a minimum frame size (464).
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