| 摘要 |
<p>In a communication system with receipt acknowledgements, a method for a receiving communication node to acknowledge receipt of a message from a sending communication node, including the receiving node embedding the acknowledgement in a message which the receiving node produces for a purpose which is more than just acknowledgement of receipt of the message, and the receiving node transmitting the message. A communication node including a message receiver for receiving messages, an acknowledgement generator for producing acknowledgements to at least some of the received messages, a message generator for producing messages for transmission, in which the receiving communication node embeds at least one of the acknowledgements in a message for transmission which the message generator produces for a purpose which is other than just acknowledgement. In a communication system with synchronization messages, a method for a receiving communication node to acknowledge receipt of a message from a sending communication node, including the receiving node embedding the acknowledgement in a synchronization message which the receiving node produces for sending to the sending node, and the receiving node transmitting the synchronization message to the sending node. Related apparatus and methods are also described.</p> |
