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Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer program

US8605752B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 2011
Grant dateDec 10, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/16
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes: a higher-layer processing unit that starts up a retransmission process of a corresponding packet in accordance with reception of a Duplicate ACK packet; and a lower-layer processing unit that collects a plurality of the Duplicate ACKs received through a network as one ACK and sends the one ACK to a higher layer.

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