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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2010
Applicant:

William Reams, Englewood, CO (US);

Inventor:

William Reams, Englewood, CO (US);

Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04L 1/14 (2006.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/1825 (2013.01); H04L 1/14 (2013.01); H04L 1/1671 (2013.01); H04L 1/1685 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of selectively employing acknowledgment in a communication system is presented herein. In one implementation of the method, at least one indication of a communication quality of a link coupling a first communication node and a second communication node is processed. After processing the indication, a message from the first communication node is transmitted over the link to the second communication node. The message includes an acknowledgment request if the processing of the indication signifies that the communication quality of the link is below a predetermined level. Oppositely, the message does not include an acknowledgment request if the processing of the indication signifies that the communication quality of the link at least attains the predetermined level.


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