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Wireless communication system

  • US 6,922,557 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2001
  • Issued: 07/26/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wireless communication device, comprising:

  • an antenna configured for communication over a wireless network; and

    a data processing system in communication with the antenna, the data processing system including a protocol stack for facilitating communication over the wireless network, the protocol stack comprising an intermediate protocol layer configured to;

    (i) transmit electronic message datagrams from the antenna over the network, and maintain a running average of acknowledgment times of successfully transmitted ones of the datagrams; and

    (ii) initiate retransmission of unsuccessfully transmitted ones of the datagrams after a retransmission interval of magnitude which is initially the running average of the acknowledgment times, and which increases from that magnitude after a predetermined number of unsuccessful retransmission attempts of the unsuccessfully transmitted one datagram.

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