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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Jan Boer, Odijk, NL;
Wilhelmus Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Joachim S. Hammerschmidt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Syed Aon Mujtaba, Watchung, NJ (US);
Jan Boer, Odijk, NL;
Wilhelmus Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Joachim S. Hammerschmidt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Syed Aon Mujtaba, Watchung, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for processing a received encoded data unit comprises: decoding the received encoded data unit; determining whether the encoded data unit has been correctly received; prior to completing the determination of whether the encoded data unit has been correctly received, initiating the transmission of an acknowledgment message; and modifying the transmission of the acknowledgment message if it is determined that the data unit has not been correctly received. In another embodiment, a station for a communications network comprises: a decoder adapted to decode a received encoded data unit; a check processor adapted to determine whether the encoded data unit has been correctly received; and a transmitter adapted to initiate the transmission of an acknowledgment message prior to the check processor completing the determination whether the encoded data unit has been correctly received. The transmitter is adapted to modify the transmission of the acknowledgment message if the check processor determines that the data unit has not been correctly received.