Patent ID: 9369395
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method to negotiate flow control, the method comprising: using, at a first peer, a first type of flow control to control the flow of data at the first peer for an existing communication session between the first peer and a second peer; sending, via the existing communication session, a request from the first peer to the second peer to change from the first type of flow control to a second type of flow control for the existing communication session; receiving at the first peer, via the existing communication session, a reply from the second peer, the reply indicating the request to change from the first type of flow control to the second type of flow control for the existing communication session has been accepted; and in response to the reply from the second peer, using, at the first peer, the second type of flow control to control the flow of data at the first peer for the existing communication session.