Patent ID: 9496991
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for reducing transmission timeouts, comprising: (a) receiving, by a device via a connection between a sender and a receiver, a first packet transmitted from the sender to the receiver, the first packet having a first retransmission timeout time; (b) transmitting, by the device, the first packet to the receiver; (c) determining, by the device, that the connection has a loss rate exceeding a threshold; (d) selecting, by the device, responsive to determining that the loss rate exceeds the threshold, a number of additional packets to transmit based on the loss rate; (e) generating, by the device, a plurality of additional packets equaling the selected number of additional packets, responsive to determining that the loss rate exceeds the threshold and responsive to selecting the number of additional packets to transmit based on the loss rate; and (f) transmitting, by the device, the plurality of additional packets to the receiver prior to the first retransmission timeout time.