Packet processing apparatus and method for detecting duplicate acknowledgement packet
US9264185B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/163
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a packet processing apparatus and method for detecting a duplicate acknowledgement (ACK) packet. The packet processing apparatus initiates a session and then detects a retransmission packet and a duplicate ACK packet from input/output packets using statistic information related to packet retransmission. Accordingly, unnecessary traffic generated regardless of a user's intension can be blocked.
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