Patent ID: 8671200

Claim:
A method for transporting data over a data connection between a sending network component and a receiving network component via a network, wherein the data connection leads over one or more other components, including at least one or more switches and routers, the method comprising: sending a number of data packets to the receiving network component by the sending network component; receiving the number of data packets by the receiving network component; sending an acknowledge message back to the sending network component by the receiving network component indicating correct reception of the number of data packets; sending an ACKACK acknowledge message back to the receiving network component by the sending network component indicating correct reception of the acknowledge message; and periodically repeating the acknowledge message by the receiving network component after a time period shorter than a round trip time for the communication between the sending network component and the receiving network component until it receives an acknowledge message that is sent by the sending network component and that acknowledges correct reception of the acknowledge message sent by the receiving network component, wherein the round trip time is the expected time period that lies between sending out a message by the sending network component and receiving at the sending network component an immediate reply to the sent message from the receiving network component, and wherein the time period for repeating the acknowledge message from the receiving network component corresponds to a value RTT/n, where RTT is the estimated round trip time and n is a real or natural number greater than 1.