Patent ID: 8320251

Claim:
Method for transmitting data packets, comprising: writing to a first register of at least one descriptor of packets to be transmitted, each descriptor of packets to be transmitted comprising information representative of a status of each packet to be transmitted, the status of each packet indicating whether said packet is or is not to be transmitted, the at least one descriptor of packets to be transmitted being updated with: at least an error descriptor when the at least an error descriptor is received before expiration of a timeout with the aid of an AND operation performed bitwise with the error descriptor received, and when the timeout expires, updating the corresponding descriptor of blocks to be transmitted with the aid of an AND operation performed bitwise with a descriptor of acknowledged packets; determining a first packet of data to be transmitted on the basis of the content of said first register and recording of an identifier of the first packet of data to be transmitted in a second register; and transmitting a set of data packets based on the updated descriptor of packets to be transmitted.