METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PACKET THROUGHPUT BASED ON CLASSIFICATION OF PACKET LOSS IN DATA TRANSMISSIONS

摘要

A method, apparatus and system for managing loss of packets in data transmissions is provided. In a method embodiment, selective acknowledgements are received at a sending computer from a receiving computer. The sending computer is configured to analyze patterns in the selective acknowledgements and infer a type of packet loss. As a result of the inference, the packet delivery strategy from the sending computer can be adjusted.