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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Thomas P. McGovern, LaGrange Park, IL (US);
Michael Joseph Crowley, Oak Park, IL (US);
James E. Eastwood, Bellingham, WA (US);
Mario F. DeRango, Wauconda, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The device ( ) includes a processor ( ) coupled to a memory ( ) containing a program adapted to control the processor ( ) to manage communications between data communications systems. The management method includes the steps of receiving a first message sent from a first data communications system ( ) comprising a plurality of blocks ( ), determining whether the blocks ( ) of the first message are transferable or non-transferrable, sending a request repeat message to the first data communications system ( ) to request the first data communications system ( ) to resend the non-transferable blocks ( ) of the first message if the processor ( ) determines that any of the blocks ( ) of the first message are non-transferable, and sending the transferable blocks ( ) in the form of a second message comprising a first plurality of fragments ( ) to a second data communications system ( ) without waiting for the first data communications system ( ) to resend the non-transferable blocks ( ).