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Retransmission scheme for lossy media

US7969883B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Zoltan Balint · Borsbeek, BE
Jan Sylvia Verlinden · Deurne, BE
Geert Bert Maarten Ysebaert · Winksele, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2007
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2001/0093
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitter device (210) and associated receiver device (211) providing a retransmission scheme for use in communications involving lossy media. The transmitter device (210) receives data packets (201) from a source and adds protection to selected subflows before delivering (203, 206) them to the receiver device (211). The receiver device (211) is able to remove the protection and process (207) the data packets further. The retransmission scheme introduces greater reliability on the lossy medium by restricting the retransmission (208, 209) to a particular link and to selected subflows of traffic in the connection between a source and a destination.

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