RESOURCE AWARE SESSION ADAPTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING NETWORK THROUGHPUT

摘要

A system, method, and apparatus for maintaining the status of communications between a wireless client 105 and a content source 110 is presented herein. During periods where the wireless link at the wireless client 105 has deteriorated, a wireless content switch 125 prevents timers at the content source110 from expiring by transmitting an acknowledgement message to the content source 110. The acknowledgement also stops the content source 110 from transmitting data packets to the wireless client 105 by indicating a zero window size. Additionally, during the time period that the wireless link to the wireless client 105 is deteriorated, the wireless content 125 switch responds to communications from the content source 110 for the wireless client 105.