Patent ID: 8787256

Claim:
A method for ensuring transmission of critical data from a host device, comprising: determining, at a transport interface of the host device, a maximum capacity value of a data transmission capacity of a wireless adapter associated with the host device wherein the transport interface interfaces with the wireless adapter; decrementing, at the transport interface, the maximum capacity value to produce a decremented capacity value, wherein a reserved capacity value is the difference between the maximum capacity value and the decremented capacity value; allowing non-critical data to be transmitted according to the decremented capacity value such that the non-critical data is passed via at least one operating layer to the transport interface for transmission, wherein the at least one operating layer is an intermediate layer between the transport interface and a layer above the transport interface; and transmitting critical data using the reserved capacity of the wireless adapter corresponding to the reserved capacity value, such that the critical data bypasses the at least one operating layer and is injected directly into the transport interface for transmission.