Patent ID: 8059651
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: sending a first full header from a source compressor to a destination decompressor wherein the source compressor and the destination decompressor are a part of a symmetrical configuration; compressing the full header into a first compressed header; sending the first compressed header from the source compressor to the destination decompressor; receiving a second full header from the destination compressor wherein the second full header indicates that the destination decompressor did not receive the first full header, wherein the second full header includes a source address, a destination address, a source port, a destination port, a context identification and a generation identification and further wherein the generation identification of the second full header indicates that the destination decompressor did not receive the first full header; and sending a third full header from the source compressor to the destination decompressor in response to receiving the second full header from the destination decompressor.