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Delayed acknowledgements for low-overhead communication in a network

  • US 9,295,100 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2011
  • Issued: 03/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating between stations over a shared medium, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a first station from a second station, a first protocol data unit (PDU) having payload segments;

    transmitting a first acknowledgement from the first station to the second station after processing a first portion of the payload segments, the first acknowledgement indicating which of the payload segments in the first portion have been correctly decoded by the first station; and

    transmitting a second acknowledgement from the first station to the second station, after processing a second portion of the payload segments, the second acknowledgement indicating which of the payload segments in the second portion have been correctly decoded by the first station, wherein the second acknowledgement is a delayed acknowledgement for the second portion.

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