Patent ID: 8351434
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting packet data across a network comprising: a transmitting network device establishing a reservation to transmit traffic to a plurality of wireless receiving network devices across a network; the transmitting network device transmitting a sequence of packets across the network, wherein a packet of the sequence of packets includes data requesting the plurality of wireless receiving network devices acknowledge receipt of the packet; the transmitting network device waiting for a predetermined time to receive acknowledgement of receipt of the packet from the plurality of wireless receiving network devices, wherein the transmitting network device transmits information identifying the plurality of wireless receiving network devices and specifying an order in which the plurality of wireless receiving network devices are to transmit their respective acknowledgements; the transmitting network device retransmitting a packet across the network only if it does not receive an acknowledgement for that packet from any of the plurality of wireless receiving network devices within the predetermined time; and a wireless receiving network device calculating a time to send its acknowledgements based on its position in the order in which the plurality of wireless receiving network devices are to transmit their respective acknowledgements.