Patent ID: 8644294
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communication comprising: receiving acknowledgment information piggy-backed with data after a first previously transmitted block has been associated with at least one of a tentative acknowledgment state or a pending acknowledgment state; and in response to receiving the acknowledgment information piggy-backed with data, advancing a transmit window when the acknowledgment information piggy-backed with data has been determined to indicate that all previously transmitted data blocks including the first previously transmitted block have been positively acknowledged, wherein the acknowledgment information piggy-backed with data is an enhanced general packet radio service (EGPRS) piggy-backed ACK/NACK (PAN) field comprising a starting sequence number, and the PAN field indicates that all previously transmitted data blocks including the first previously transmitted block have been positively acknowledged when a start of a receive window identified by the starting sequence number aligns with a next new block to be transmitted.