Securing transmit openings by the requester

摘要

Techniques for securing transmit opening help enhance the operation of a station that employs the technique. The techniques may facilitate low latency response to a protocol data requester, for instance. The techniques provide ways for the protocol data requester to provide additional time for the protocol data responder to obtain the needed response data for the protocol data requester. One way in which this can be done is by intelligently lengthing the protocol request transmitted by the protocol requester.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining to send a protocol request from a data requester to a data responder when a transmit opening exists; determining, at the data requester, an extension of the transmit opening to provide a data responder with an extended opportunity to respond with responsive data; transmitting the protocol request; determining a delay after which the responsive data is expected to be available; and when the delay exceeds a predetermined delay threshold, continuing a transmission after the protocol request by transmitting holding information to create the extension.