Patent ID: 8644236

Claim:
A method, comprising: in a first transceiver, communicating with a second transceiver over a bi-directional link which carries information including data traffic and communication feedback in a first link direction from the first transceiver to the second transceiver and which carries information including communication traffic in a second link direction from the second transceiver to the first transceiver, wherein communicating with the second transceiver comprises allocating a first portion of capacity of the bi-directional link in the first link direction to the data traffic; setting a feedback rate, in the first transceiver, for the communication feedback to be transmitted in the first link direction, wherein the feedback rate is set based on a current capacity requirement of the bi-directional link for the communication traffic carried in the second link direction and based on the first portion of capacity; wherein setting the feedback rate comprises calculating the feedback rate by utilizing a second portion of capacity obtained by deducting the first portion from total capacity of the bi-directional link in the first link direction, and wherein setting the feedback rate further comprises increasing the feedback rate to cause an information carrying capacity of the bi-directional link in the second link direction to increase or decreasing the feedback rate to cause the information carrying capacity of the bi-directional link in the second link direction to decrease, in order to meet the current capacity requirement; and transmitting the communication feedback from the first transceiver to the second transceiver at the set feedback rate.