Patent ID: 7788424

Claim:
A method of transmitting data from a transmitting device, comprising: transmitting a first data frame from the transmitting device to a receiving device using an immediate acknowledgment policy; waiting a first predetermined time period after transmitting the first data frame using an immediate acknowledgement policy; determining whether a maximum retry limit will be reached by another transmission of the first data frame; repeating transmitting the first data frame from the transmitting device to the receiving device using an immediate acknowledgment policy, waiting a first predetermined time period, and determining whether a maximum retry limit will be reached, as long as the maximum retry limit will not be met; and transmitting the first data frame from the transmitting device to the receiving device using a no acknowledgment policy, and waiting a second predetermined time period if the maximum retry limit will be reached; transmitting a second data frame from the transmitting device to the receiving device using an immediate acknowledgment policy after transmitting the first data frame from the transmitting device to the receiving device using the no acknowledgment policy, wherein the second predetermined time period is less than the first predetermined time period.