Patent ID: 8094645

Claim:
An access server for facilitating communication of electronic data between a network resource and a wireless communications device, the access server comprising: a data processing system in communication with a network resource via a wired network and in communication with the wireless communications device via a wireless network, the data processing system including a protocol stack comprising: (i) a protocol layer comprising a message processor for formatting the electronic data into at least one transport layer data segment, and a message monitor for formatting the at least one transport layer data segment into at least one link layer datagram, the message monitor being configured to monitor transmission of the link layer datagram over the wireless network, and to initiate retransmission of an unsuccessfully transmitted link layer datagram after a retransmission interval of magnitude which increases after a predetermined number of unsuccessful retransmission attempts of the unsuccessfully transmitted link layer datagram, each transport layer data segment and link layer datagram having a respective header, the transport layer header and the link layer header having a combined length less than a TCP/IP header.