Patent ID: 6724777
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for communicating data comprising the steps of:transferring data to be transmitted and a re-transmission number from a first processor to a second processor; transmitting from the second processor a first data packet having a first number of data bits, re-transmitting from the second processor the first data packet, if a signal acknowledging receipt of the first data packet is not received from a receiving party, repeating the re-transmission step a number of times identified by the re-transmission number if the receiving party continues not to receive the first data packet, informing the first processor if the receiving party has not received the first data packet after it has been re-transmitted the number of times identified by the re-transmission number, reducing the number of data bits in the first data packet by to a number of data bits identified by the first processor to create a second data packet having a second number of data bits, transmitting the second data packet.