Patent ID: 7899925
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a transmitter, a first set of credits specifying a first starting data element and a first ending data element within a data stream; sending, by the transmitter, sequential data elements specified by the first set of credits, commencing at the first starting data element and ceasing at the first ending data element; receiving, at the transmitter, a second set of credits specifying a second starting data element and a second ending data element within the data stream, the second set of credits specifying a non-overlapping range of the sequential data elements specified by the first set of credits, wherein the second set of credits implicitly acknowledges the sequential data elements specified by the first set of credits; and sending, by the transmitter, sequential data elements specified by the second set of credits, commencing at the second starting data element and ceasing at the second ending data element.