Patent ID: 7813268
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for streaming resource information from a source module to a target module, comprising: sending a stream of resource information from the source module to the target module; receiving a retry request from the target module which indicates that the target module has failed to receive at least one packet within the stream of resource information, the target module being configured to pick a packet sequence length to send the retry request over, and the target module being configured to pick the packet sequence length from a plurality of packet sequence lengths, each of the plurality of packet sequence lengths containing a variable numbers of packets; applying retry analysis to determine whether to send the target module the at least one packet in response to the retry request, the retry analysis determining whether to send the target module the at least one packet in response to the retry request by determining whether the at least one packet can be delivered to the target module in a manner which does not exceed pre-provisioned bandwidth limitations of a communication channel that couples the source module to the target module, and determining that the request is not appropriate when the at least one packet cannot be delivered according to the pre-provisioned bandwidth limitations; and sending to the target module the at least one packet if the retry analysis confirms that the at least one packet should be sent.