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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Flash Networks, Ltd., Herzliya, IL;

Inventors:

Roland Zink, Neu-Anspach, DE;

Dror Shlomo, Kiryat Tivon, IL;

Assignee:

FLASH NETWORKS LTD., Herzliya, IL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/145 (2013.01); H04L 1/1848 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04L 1/1685 (2013.01); H04L 1/1858 (2013.01); H04L 69/163 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique, to keep alive one or more radio connections over a cellular network in order to carry downloaded data packets sent in a burst mode, is disclosed. In burst mode the flow of the data packets has a pattern with repeating two types of periods, an active period and a silent period. During an active period a plurality of data packets are sent and during a silent period almost no data packets are sent. The technique is implemented by an intermediate network element (NE) that is configured to send, during the silent period, a keep-alive signal (KAS) toward a relevant CD. The KAS can be a TCP acknowledgement, for example.


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