Patent ID: 7444443

Claim:
A method of transmitting data from a transmitting device, comprising: transmitting a first data frame to a receiving device a first time, using an immediate acknowledgement policy; consecutively transmitting the first data frame to the receiving device second through (N−1) th times, using an immediate acknowledgement policy, each of second through (N−1) th first data frame transmissions being made a first predetermined time period after a respective previous first data frame transmission; transmitting the first data frame to the receiving device an N th time, using a no acknowledgement policy, the N th first data frame transmissions being made a first predetermined time period after the (N−1) th first data frame transmission; and transmitting a second data frame to the receiving device, using an immediate acknowledgement policy, a second predetermined time period after the N th first data frame transmission, wherein N is an integer greater than 1, and wherein the second predetermined time period is less than the first predetermined time period.