Re-transmission method of automatic repeat request of the application layer for efficient real-time data streaming high reliability in the network

摘要

A method and apparatus are described including buffering data to be transmitted, transmitting data retrieved from a buffer via a datagram protocol, receiving a request for retransmission of data, determining if the requested data is in the buffer and retransmitting the requested data via a protocol that provides end-to-end acknowledgement of data and error recovery.