Wireless datagram transaction protocol system
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1. A datagram protocol system between a device and a server, the device comprising a power source, comprising:
- DATA frames having an associated sequence number;
INIT frames exchanged between the device and the server to exchange a starting sequence number and to set a window size for throttling communication of the DATA frames;
READY frames exchanged between the device and the server to acknowledge receipt of an INIT frame;
ACK frames having a sequence number which refers to a DATA frame having a matching associated sequence number, an ACK frame sent in response to each DATA frame received;
WINDOW frames having a sequence number, wherein the server sends a WINDOW frame to the device if any DATA frame sent from the server to the device is not ACK'"'"'d within a server ACK time, and wherein the device sends a WINDOW frame to the server if the device outbound window is closed for more than a device WINDOW closed time;
RETRY frames to specify the sequence numbers of DATA frames that need to be resent, and to indicate which of the DATA frames have been received, wherein the server sends a RETRY frame to the device for any of reasons comprising a receipt of a WINDOW frame from the device, and a server time out waiting for a missing DATA from the device, and wherein the device sends a RETRY frame to the server in response to a receipt of a WINDOW frame from the server.
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Abstract
Systems are provided for sequencing, delivery acknowledgement, and throttling of data packets over a network layer, such as UDP and SMS. To support devices with limited battery resources, the invention incorporates asymmetric retry logic and/or acknowledgements with overlapping ranges, to minimize the transmissions required for the device. The sender of a data-bearing frame does not need to wait for a frame to be acknowledged before sending the next, such that many frames can be “in flight” at once.
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1. A datagram protocol system between a device and a server, the device comprising a power source, comprising:
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DATA frames having an associated sequence number;
INIT frames exchanged between the device and the server to exchange a starting sequence number and to set a window size for throttling communication of the DATA frames;
READY frames exchanged between the device and the server to acknowledge receipt of an INIT frame;
ACK frames having a sequence number which refers to a DATA frame having a matching associated sequence number, an ACK frame sent in response to each DATA frame received;
WINDOW frames having a sequence number, wherein the server sends a WINDOW frame to the device if any DATA frame sent from the server to the device is not ACK'"'"'d within a server ACK time, and wherein the device sends a WINDOW frame to the server if the device outbound window is closed for more than a device WINDOW closed time;
RETRY frames to specify the sequence numbers of DATA frames that need to be resent, and to indicate which of the DATA frames have been received, wherein the server sends a RETRY frame to the device for any of reasons comprising a receipt of a WINDOW frame from the device, and a server time out waiting for a missing DATA from the device, and wherein the device sends a RETRY frame to the server in response to a receipt of a WINDOW frame from the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A datagram protocol system between a device comprising a power source and a server, comprising:
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DATA frames comprising data, each of the DATA frames comprising a sequence number associated with the DATA frame;
an acknowledgement ACK frame sent from a receiver of each DATA frame to a sender of the DATA frame, the ACK frame comprising an acknowledgement of receipt of the DATA frame; and
an asymmetrical RETRY logic between the device and the server which minimizes power consumption of the power source. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An acknowledgement frame associated with sequential DATA frames sent between a device and a server, comprising:
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an acknowledgement sequence number which refers to one of the DATA frames received, the DATA frame having an associated sequence number which matches the acknowledgement sequence num;
a count of sequential DATA frames received immediately before the DATA frame having the matching sequence number; and
a count of sequential DATA frames received immediately after the DATA frame having the matching sequence number. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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