Patent ID: 7870259

Claim:
A method for the transmission of data packets from a transmitter to a receiver, said method comprising the steps of: storing, by the transmitter, identification information relating to transmitted data packets by the transmitter; receiving one or more status messages from the receiver, said status messages requesting the retransmission of defective data packets received by the receiver; retransmitting said requested data packets according to the status messages, said retransmitting comprising the steps of: evaluating a first status message, said first status message including an identification of at least a first requested data packet; retransmitting said first requested data packet; initializing a timing unit as a function of the retransmission of said first requested data packet, said timing unit having a threshold attributable to said retransmission of said first requested data packet; evaluating at least a second status message, said second status message including an identification of a second requested data packet; and, when the identification of said second requested data packet corresponds to said first requested data packet, retransmitting said second requested data packet only when the timing unit has reached said threshold attributable to said retransmission of said first requested data packet.