Patent ID: 8458358

Claim:
Method of managing a data connection between a sending network component and a receiving network component via a network, the method comprising the following steps: sending an initiating message to the receiving network component by the sending network component, to initiate a data connection between the sending network component and the receiving network component; receiving, at the sending network component, an acknowledgement message for the initiating message from the receiving network component; sending further messages to the receiving network component by the sending network component; receiving, at the sending network component, acknowledgement messages for the further messages from the receiving network component; calculating, at the sending network component or the receiving network component, a transmission delay for at least one of the further messages received by the receiving network component; estimating, at the sending network component or at the receiving network component, optimal transmission parameters for transmitting messages between the sending network component and the receiving network component based on the calculated transmission delay, wherein estimating of the optimal transmission parameters excludes the initiating message; and sending subsequent messages to the receiving network component by the sending network component at the estimated optimal transmission parameters.