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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Jonathan Sau, Waterloo, CA;
Xinhua Ling, Waterloo, CA;
Bruno Preiss, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for managing loss of packets in data transmissions is provided. In a method embodiment, selective acknowledgements are received at a sending computer from a receiving computer. The sending computer is configured to analyze patterns in the selective acknowledgements and infer a type of packet loss. As a result of the inference, the packet delivery strategy from the sending computer can be adjusted.