Patent ID: 7460472
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting information between a sender and a receiver using packets for information transmission, wherein the receipt of transmitted packets is acknowledged to the sender, and unacknowledged packets are retransmitted from the sender; detecting one of an amount of transmitted unacknowledged information and a number of consecutive unacknowledged packets; determining a reason for information or packet loss based on the amount of transmitted unacknowledged information or the number of consecutive unacknowledged packets; adjusting transmission parameters by the sender, depending on whether the determined reason is a bit error rate or congestion; the sender enabling bundling wherein information is bundled in a packet; checking whether bundling is enabled; and changing a determining parameter to determine the reason for information or packet loss depending on whether or not bundling is enabled.