Patent ID: 8582502
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating over a wireless network, comprising: receiving a packet stream at a first node, the packet stream comprising Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) packets; identifying a subset of packets of the packet stream, the identifying comprising identifying at least one of a TCP acknowledgement (ACK) packet, a Request to Send (RTS) packet, a Clear to Send (CTS) packet, or a packet bearing an urgent pointer; generating at least one copy of a packet of the subset of packets; determining a first route for transmitting packets of the packet stream other than the subset of packets from the first node to a second node; determining a second route for transmitting the subset of packets from the first node to the second node; and determining a third route for transmitting the at least one copy of a packet from the first node to the second node; wherein the first route is different than the second route and the third route is different than both the first route and the second route.