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Reliable datagram packet delivery for simple network management protocol (SNMP)

  • US 5,719,882 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1992
  • Issued: 02/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a network system having a plurality of network devices, a method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) sending a first message from a first network device to a second network device;

    (b) while a response to the first message is not received by the first network device from the second network device, resending the first message from the first network device to the second network device a number of times equal to a retry value, an elapsed time between each resending of the first message being equal to a retry time;

    (c) when, after the completion of step (b), a response to the first message is still not received by the first network device from the second network device, executing a timeout;

    (d) upon executing a timeout in step (c), increasing the retry value; and

    ,(e) decreasing the retry value upon the first network device receiving a response to each of a first number of messages sent from the first network device to the second network device.

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