Patent ID: 9629109
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for optimizing network event timers for a node in a network, the method comprising: obtaining data for transmission by the node via the network, wherein the node uses time intervals of a clock as a basis for determining actions associated with the network; calculating a transmission duration corresponding to a time for transmitting the data via the network based on a data rate of the network and a size of the data; calculating a transmission delay based on the transmission duration, wherein the transmission delay is less than a clock interval and the transmission delay controls when transmission of the data is completed by the node; after the expiration of the transmission delay, transmitting the data; and waiting to receive an acknowledgement of the data from a recipient, wherein an event timer is initiated when said transmission of the data is completed, the event timer measuring time based upon counting the time intervals elapsed since the event timer begins.