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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2007
Raymond Lussier, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Yan L. Grushevsky, Stratham, NH (US);
George F. Elmasry, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Raymond Lussier, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Yan L. Grushevsky, Stratham, NH (US);
George F. Elmasry, Eatontown, NJ (US);
General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods reliably transmit a message from a sender to a receiver via a network. A reliability module is configured to determine a probability of delivering a packet from the sender to the recipient via the network. Mode selection logic determines transmission mode from a number of options based upon the probability of delivering the packet from the sender to the recipient. A formatting module is configured to provide a first push that includes the message and, in at least one of the operating modes, a number of redundancy packets formulated as a function of the contents of the message. The receiver acknowledges the packets received so that any dropped packets can be re-transmitted. The redundancy packets can be created using Reed-Solomon or other forward error-correcting codes to further increase the reliability of the message transmission when network conditions warrant.