Dynamic adjustment of receive window utilized by a transmitting device
US9253104B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/30
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling size of a receive window includes transmitting packets over a communication channel from a transmitting device to a receiver, and receiving acknowledgment packets from the receiver, the received acknowledgement packets from the receiver including an advertised receive window size. The method further includes determining a backlog parameter for the receiver in accordance with the advertised receive window size, determining a queuing delay in accordance the received acknowledgment packets, resetting a size of a congestion window in accordance with a function of a current size of the congestion window and a factor proportional to the queuing delay, and resetting a size of a receive window in accordance with a function of a current size of the receive window and the backlog parameter. A network window is reset in accordance with the smaller of the size of the congestion window and the size of the receive window.
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