Patent ID: 8340572
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting a data packet to a proxy agent node from a proxy source node, the data packet including a proxy header that indicates the path between the proxy source node and a proxy target node through the proxy agent, wherein the proxy source node and proxy agent node each have a programmable retry timer associated therewith, each retry timer programmed with a retry time period after which each respective node will retransmit the data packet if that node has not received an appropriate response to said data packet; retransmitting, from the proxy source node, the data packet to the proxy agent node when a period of time for a response packet from the proxy target node to reach the proxy source node has elapsed, wherein the period of time is at least equal to the retry time period of the proxy source node, the retry time period of the proxy agent node, and any other intervening nodes combined.