Patent ID: 7747921
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting a plurality of encoded data packets over a network; receiving an acknowledgment signal when each of said plurality of encoded data packets is successfully transmitted; determining a number of retransmission attempts for any of the plurality of encoded data packets for which said acknowledgment signal is not received, wherein said number of retransmission attempts is based on a type of data in a corresponding one of the plurality of encoded data packets for which the acknowledgment signal is not received; increasing said number of retransmission attempts when said type of data in the corresponding one of the plurality of encoded data packets is Instantaneous Decoder Refresh (IDR) frame data; and retransmitting each of the plurality of encoded data packets, for which said acknowledgment signal is not received, a number of times that does not exceed the number of retransmission attempts determined for each of such plurality of encoded data packets.