Patent ID: 9240868
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for reliably transmitting data from a source to a destination in a wireless network, the method comprising: transmitting data from the source to the destination, the data transmitted according to a higher layer protocol that includes the transmission control protocol (TCP); receiving a first acknowledgment at the source, wherein the first acknowledgment is transmitted from an intermediate device between the source and the destination, wherein the first acknowledgment is transmitted according to a lower layer protocol that includes an 802.11 protocol, wherein the first acknowledgment includes an 802.11 acknowledgment (802.11 ACK); and suppressing any further transmission of acknowledgements in the wireless network at the source from the intermediate device, wherein the suppression is based on a transmission of a second acknowledgement from the destination to the intermediate device, wherein the second acknowledgement is transmitted according to the higher layer protocol and includes a transmission control acknowledgement (TCP ACK), and wherein the transmission of data in the wireless network from the source to the destination nevertheless remains reliable and occurs without delay of additional acknowledgment transmissions to the source from the intermediate device as a result of the first acknowledgment being transmitted according to the lower layer protocol and the second acknowledgment being transmitted according to the higher layer protocol.