Patent ID: 6862264
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: H04B,H04H,H04J,H04L,H04M,H04N,Y02D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of improving data transmitting efficiency of a communication network that conveys acknowledgment packets and payload packets broadcast facility for controlling switching/routing functions in both said downstream and upstream communication channels, a method of transmitting data from a transmitter node of said network to a receiver node of said network, said method comprising: transmitting a series of data packets from said transmitter node to said receiver node wherein respective ones of said data packets include sequence numbers indicative of a succession of data packets transmitted from said transmitter node, generating acknowledgment packets that contain information indicative of successive ones of data packets successfully received at said receiver node, and suppressing the return transmission of at least a portion of said acknowledgment packets from said receiver node to said transmitter node wherein at least one unsuppressed acknowledgment packet that is transmitted to said transmitter node has a sequence number embracing sequence numbers contained in suppressed ones of said acknowledgments.