Patent ID: 7076717
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method comprising: receiving data packets of a group having a defined sequential order; determining whether packets of that group are missing; requesting retransmission of only packets that are determined to be missing; awaiting reception of retransmissions of one or more missing packets; while awaiting, repeating the determining and requesting until no more packets of the group are missing or until the remaining missing packets are irrelevant, the repeating further comprising: associating a specified retry time with a missing packet, wherein the specified retry time defines when requesting retransmission of that missing packet occurs; if that missing packet is still missing at the specified retry time then dynamically adjusting the specified retry time for that missing packet to add a specified re-reporting time period.