Patent ID: 7184401
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring and controlling message delivery over a single point-to-point connection including a wireless link between a sending node and a receiving node comprising: establishing a single point-to-point connection including a wireless link between a sending node and a receiving node, the sending node and the receiving node both communicating over the connection using a common communication protocol; detecting when an incoming message that is destined for the receiving node is received over the connection from the sending node by examining the incoming message; determining a timeout corresponding to the time at which an acknowledgment message is expected over the connection from the receiving node by the sending node in response to the incoming message; forwarding the incoming message over the connection to the receiving node; and sending a suppression message over the connection to the sending node if the acknowledgment message has not been sent to the sending node before the timeout expires, the suppression message suspending messages from being sent by the sending node to the receiving node.