Patent ID: 8773976

Claim:
A method for a device, the method comprising: the device receiving from a remote entity a signal comprising a plurality of packets in a specified sequence, wherein the device is operating under a protocol according to which the device is to send to a remote entity, respectively for each packet of the plurality, a positive acknowledgement (ACK) if the device receives the packet but a negative acknowledgement (NAK) if the device does not receive the packet; the device transmitting to the remote entity, respectively for each packet of the plurality, an ACK indicating that the device received the packet, regardless of whether the device actually received the packet, including transmitting to the remote entity an ACK respectively for at least one packet of the plurality that the device did not receive, whereby transmitting the ACK respectively for each packet helps avoid packet retransmission, while complying with the protocol; and the device replacing the at least one non-received packet with padding for processing by the device.