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Time-aware best-effort hole-filling retry method and system for network communications

  • US 7,076,717 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2003
  • Issued: 07/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method comprising:

  • receiving data packets of a group having a defined sequential order;

    determining whether packets of that group are missing;

    requesting retransmission of only packets that are determined to be missing;

    awaiting reception of retransmissions of one or more missing packets;

    while awaiting, repeating the determining and requesting until no more packets of the group are missing or until the remaining missing packets are irrelevant, the repeating further comprising;

    associating a specified retry time with a missing packet, wherein the specified retry time defines when requesting retransmission of that missing packet occurs;

    if that missing packet is still missing at the specified retry time then dynamically adjusting the specified retry time for that missing packet to add a specified re-reporting time period.

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