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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Avraham Harpaz, Haifa, IL;
Nir Naaman, Haifa, IL;
Idan Zach, Nesher, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for communication in a computing environment is provided. The method comprises transmitting a first data packet to one or more receiving units in a first set; receiving one or more acknowledgement messages (ACKs) from one or more receiving units in a second set, wherein the second set is a subset of the first set; removing the first data packet from a queue, in response to receiving at least one ACK from N receiving units within a time threshold; and re-transmitting the first data packet to the first set, in response to failing to receive at least one ACK from N receiving units within the time threshold.