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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Alan Coombs, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Macmullen, Cambridge, GB;
William Webb, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEUL LTD., Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1868 (2013.01); H04L 1/1607 (2013.01); H04L 1/1825 (2013.01); H04L 1/1854 (2013.01); H04L 1/1861 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device for communicating with a plurality of terminals via a wireless network, the communication device being configured to, when it has a message to transmit to that plurality of terminals: select, from a multiple of available acknowledgement mechanisms, an acknowledgement mechanism for the terminals to use in acknowledging receipt of the message and communicate the selected acknowledgement mechanism to the plurality of terminals.