Patent ID: 11876719
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A method performed by an application processor of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network for TCP Acknowledgement (TCP ACK) packet transmission, the method comprising:
generating TCP ACK packets for sending to a remote device in the wireless network, each TCP ACK packet including a packet descriptor;
assigning a first ACK Generation Count value to a first number of TCP ACK packets that are generated in a first time interval, and assigning a second ACK Generation Count value to a second number of TCP ACK packets that are generated in a second time interval that is different from the first time interval, the first ACK Generation Count value being different from the second ACK Generation Count value, and
wherein the first number of TCP ACK packets or the second number of TCP ACK packets are determined by controlling the duration of at least one of the first time interval or the second time interval;
storing, in respective packet descriptors for at least a subset of the first number of TCP ACK packets, (i) a flow identifier indicating a TCP flow associated with the respective packet, and (ii) the first ACK Generation Count;
storing, in respective packet descriptors for at least a subset of the second number of TCP ACK packets, (i) a flow identifier indicating a TCP flow associated with the respective packet, and (ii) the second ACK Generation Count; and
forwarding the TCP ACK packets, including the first number and the second number of TCP ACK packets, to a baseband processor included in the UE.