Patent ID: 8976653
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication method comprising: transmitting data packets from a first communication device to a second communication device; examining packet receipt status information from the second communication device, the packet receipt status information comprising packet receipt status of the data packets received by the second communication device; evaluating the packet receipt status information at the first communication device to identify a packet receipt characteristic associated with the second communication device, wherein evaluating the packet receipt status information includes recording a history of success and failure of retry transmissions by the first communication device to the second communication device, generating a retry histogram based on the history, the retry histogram providing a distribution pattern of the retry transmissions over time that uniquely indicates one of a plurality of possible conditions, of one or a combination of a channel over which the data packets are transmitted and of the second communication device, that cause the retry transmissions, and examining the retry histogram to identify the packet receipt characteristic, the packet receipt characteristic comprising the one of the plurality of possible conditions; and controlling data packet transmission from the first communication device to the second communication device based on the packet receipt characteristic associated with the second communication device.