Patent ID: 9602410
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for processing an acknowledgement packet in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a data sending end, a data transmission device, and a data receiving end, the data transmission device is configured to transmit data from the data sending end to the data receiving data end, wherein the data sending end is a server and the data receiving end is a terminal or the data sending end is a terminal and the data receiving end is a server, and the method comprises: receiving, by the data transmission device, an acknowledgement packet from the data receiving end; sending, by the data transmission device, the acknowledgement packet to the data sending end; determining, by the data transmission device in response to sending the acknowledgement packet, an updated total data volume that is reflected by all sent acknowledgement packets within a current sending period as having been acknowledged by ft the data receiving end; comparing, by the data transmission device, the updated total data volume with a data volume threshold; and controlling, by the data transmission device according to a result of the comparing, whether to continue to send an acknowledgement packet to the data sending end within the current sending period.