Patent ID: 6694471
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for retransmission of messages, comprising:transmitting a plurality of messages from a source to a destination using a packet-based network and a communication protocol, the destination operable to transmit an acknowledgement to the source indicating the receipt of the messages; placing messages that have been transmitted in a queue for possible bundling and retransmission; removing a message from the queue upon receipt of an acknowledgement associated with that message from the destination; and periodically retransmitting selected messages in the queue from the source to the destination before the expiration of a retransmission timer established by the communication protocol, wherein one or more of the messages to be retransmitted may be bundled in a packet with another message being transmitted from the source for the first time such that an additional packet is not created for the retransmission of the retransmitted messages.