INCREASING RELIABLE DATA THROUGHPUT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

Systems and methods for improving data transmission rates in communication networks are disclosed. In an 802.11 wireless communication network, where a source node of the wireless network transmits TCP data to a destination node of the wireless network, the destination node does not transmit TCP acknowledgments (ACKs) for the TCP data if 802.11 ACKs indicate that the destination node received the TCP data. If a source outside the wireless network transmits TCP data to the destination node within the wireless network through an intermediate device, such as an access point, the destination node suppresses transmitting TCP ACKs. The intermediate device transmits TCP ACKs as proxy for the destination node to the source. The intermediate device also suppresses TCP ACKs where a source node within the wireless network sends the TCP data to a destination node outside of the wireless network.

主权项

1. A wireless local area network device, the device configured to:
transmit data, according to a higher layer protocol, from a source to a destination in a wireless local area network; receive a first acknowledgment, according to a lower layer protocol, transmitted from the destination; and transmit a second acknowledgment, according to the higher layer protocol, to the source based on the first acknowledgment, whereby the transmission of data is reliable and occurs without delaying acknowledgment transmissions to the source.