Patent ID: 9544100
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus for a source node in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprising: circuitry; a transmit component for execution by the circuitry to transmit a packet having a first header and a first data payload to a destination node in the WLAN; a receive component for execution by the circuitry, the receive component to wait for receipt of an implicit acknowledgement (ACK) packet having a second header from the destination node, the implicit ACK packet to indicate receipt of at least the first header by the destination node; and a stop component for execution by the circuitry to cause the transmit component to stop transmission of any remaining portion of the first data payload awaiting transmission when the stop component has determined that the second header for the implicit ACK packet has not been received within a defined time interval.