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System and method for reliably communicating information without explicit acknowledgements

  • US 8,351,844 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Issued: 01/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a timer value associated with a network channel in a communications network;

    determining whether a command corresponding to the network channel is received out of sequence in a most recent period indicated by the timer value;

    identifying a first adjustment to the timer value based on determining whether the command is received out of sequence, the first adjustment to the timer value providing an adjusted timer value;

    determining a number of times that a particular command is received;

    identifying a second adjustment to the adjusted timer value based on determining the number of times that the particular command is received, the second adjustment to the adjusted timer value providing a resulting timer value;

    determining whether the resulting timer value is outside of a range of allowed adjustment results;

    based on determining that the resulting timer value is not outside of the range of allowed adjustment results, identifying an upper bound and a lower bound associated with the resulting timer value;

    selecting a random or pseudo-random number between the upper bound and the lower bound; and

    establishing a new timer value based on the selected random or pseudo-random number.

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