Patent ID: 9258352
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmission of messages from a sender node to multiple destination nodes in a network in which: a same message is sent from the sender node to multiple destination nodes, the destination node of a message returns an acknowledgment message to the sender node after receiving the message, the method comprising: distributing, by the sender node, the destination nodes into at least two groups of destination nodes according to a predetermined distribution criterion taking into account the to and fro travel time between the sending of the message and the receiving of the acknowledgment message from the destination node, the predetermined distribution criterion involving comparing the to and fro travel time of the message with a characteristic time interval specific to the group considered ([0, T messages to destination nodes in the same group with a latency period between the sending of two successive messages to the same destination nodes of the same group, the latency periods, each specific to a group and defining the throughput rate of the group being different from one group to another.