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Apparatus, method, computer program product and system for requesting acknowledgment of transmitted data packets

US8964560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY · FI

Inventors

Simon Schneider · Langenau, DE
Jan-Erik Frey · Hagfors, SE
Daniel Wernet · Bochum, DE
Timo Strohlein · Herne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2007
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus, method, computer program product and system are provided for initiating a request for acknowledgment of successfully, or unsuccessfully, transmitted data packets, wherein the request is initiated in response to the detection of a potential overload situation or an upcoming resource limitation. In particular, a transmitter may monitor certain resources associated with the transmitter, such as memory consumption or processing capacity, and automatically request that a receiver transmit an acknowledgement when a potential overload of one or more of the resources is detected. This may occur, for example, when it is determined that memory consumption has exceeded a predefined threshold or that the processing capacity has been substantially exhausted, to name a few.

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