Abstract: Techniques are provided for combining different types of reference signals. A wireless communications network may be configured to allow a user equipment (UE) to combine multiple demodulation reference signals (DM-RSs) to support demodulation of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and/or other downlink transmissions, transmitted from a base station to the UE. The base station may provide explicit signaling that reference signals transmitted in two or more transmission time intervals may be combined, or a determination that reference signals transmitted in two or more transmission time intervals may be combined may be made implicitly based on system configuration and previous transmissions. Based on the explicit signaling and/or implicit determination, a UE may combine reference signals included in each of two or more reference signals for use in demodulation of downlink transmissions.

Abstract: A storage medium having a program that executes a process including acquiring a packet formed by dividing data to be transmitted to receiving apparatus by transmitting apparatus and a packet that includes an ACK number to identify an amount of the data about which reception of packets transmitted from the transmitting apparatus to the receiving apparatus by the receiving apparatus has been confirmed; when the acquired packet is a retransmission packet and a lost packet corresponding to the retransmission packet has not been acquired, classifying a position of the lost packet as any of a last packet, an intermediate packet, and a leading packet by comparing the ACK number included in the retransmission packet and the ACK number included in each of packets previous and subsequent to the lost packet; and calculating a retransmission time by a calculation method identified based on the classified position of the lost packet.

Abstract: A mobile station apparatus configures first and second timers related to first and second groups. A first group of cells uses a first uplink transmission timing, and a second group of secondary cells uses a second uplink transmission timing. When the first timer of the first group has expired: all transmission HARQ buffers in association with the cells of the first group are flushed, the second timer is considered as expired, and an uplink transmission on any cells except random access preamble transmission on the primary cell is stopped. In a case where the second timer of the second group has expired: all transmission HARQ buffers in association with the secondary cells of the second group are flushed, and an uplink transmission on any cells in the second group except random access preamble transmission on the any cells in the second group is stopped.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for TDD inter-band carrier aggregation in a wireless communication system includes performing aggregating multiple cells with different TDD UL-DL configurations, transmitting a PUSCH transmission on a first cell, the subframe for HARQ feedback reception for the PUSCH in a first cell colliding with a UL subframe in a second cell, and performing one of setting the corresponding HARQ feedback to ACK, flushing the corresponding HARQ buffer, and changing the corresponding HARQ feedback subframe for the PUSCH to another subframe.

Abstract: Wireless transmission paths are utilized efficiently. An information processing device includes a control section. If data destined for the own device is received from another device and if there exists undelivered data in the data, the control section performs control to transmit a retransmission request for the data to the other device. If there exists no undelivered data in the data destined for the own device and received from the other device, the control section performs control not to transmit a confirmation of reception.

Abstract: Data processing in a data processing system including a plurality of processing nodes coupled to an interconnect includes receiving, by a fabric controller, a first command from a remote processing node via the interconnect. The fabric controller determines that the command includes a replay indication, the replay indication indicative of a replay event at one or more processing nodes of the plurality of processing nodes. The first command is dropped from a deskew buffer of the fabric controller responsive to the determining that the command includes the replay indication.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for processing an uplink grant after the last uplink transmission in wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting uplink data with a buffer status reporting (BSR); receiving uplink grant after the BSR is transmitted; and discarding the received uplink grant if the received uplink grant is for new transmission and a buffer size of the BSR is set to zero.

Abstract: An improved method of computer communication and networking with error-correction encoding and transmission using a punctured polar code construction that is based on polar code decomposition is provided. Advantageously, this allows sorting of a reliability sequence to be performed for a reduced-length vector to identify the information bit positions in the reduced-length polar code vector. Polar code decomposition is used to determine a number of information bits allocated to given reduced-length vector (e.g., K0 and K1). The polar code construction is a function of a puncturing pattern. In some embodiments, the puncturing pattern is a shortening pattern.

Abstract: Techniques for transmitting acknowledgments on a shared communication medium are disclosed. In an aspect, an access terminal receives, from an access point, a plurality of downlink subframes on a downlink channel of the wireless communication medium, the plurality of downlink subframes carrying data for a plurality of processes. The access terminal transmits, to the access point, acknowledgments for the plurality of downlink subframes on an uplink subframe of an uplink channel of the wireless communication medium on one or more occasions, the uplink subframe including a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits corresponding to the plurality of downlink subframes or the plurality of processes.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed whereby a signal is transmitted from a wireless network to a wireless device, requesting automatic repeat-request, ARQ, feedback for certain indicated ARQ processes. This asynchronous approach addresses a problem with irregular ARQ feedback for dynamic time-division-duplexing, and also allows for relaxed processing-time constraints in the wireless device. An example method, in a wireless device, comprises receiving (610) from a wireless communication network, in a first transmission-time interval, a request for ARQ feedback, the request indicating one or more ARQ processes. The example method further comprises transmitting (620) to the wireless communication network, in a second transmission-time interval, ARQ feedback information for each of the one or more indicated ARQ processes.

Abstract: In a wireless communications system, packet error rate may be relatively low (e.g., five percent). Accordingly, receivers may successfully receive a first transmission the majority of the time. However, bandwidth may be used for retransmissions, which may be used relatively infrequently. Because retransmission packets do not necessarily have to be the same as transmission packets, transmission packets may be given more weight than retransmission packets. For example, transmission packets may be encoded with a higher bitrate than retransmission packets. In aspects, a transmitter may send a first transmission packet, including first data encoded with a first bitrate, and send a second transmission packet, including second data encoded with the first bitrate. The transmitter may send a first retransmission packet that includes the first data encoded with a second bitrate and the second data encoded with the second bitrate, and the first bitrate may be higher than the second bitrate.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that cause a client device to initiate a policy-pull request to retrieve a policy update associated with the client device. Particularly, a Policy State Propagation (PSP) System may transmit a policy-pull notification to client device that is configured to cause the client device to initiate a request to retrieve the policy update, thereby substantially eliminating a delay between an actual policy update by the telecommunications service provider, and the client device receiving the policy update. The policy update may be based on an update of client profile data or network analytics data associated with operations of the client device on the telecommunications network. Further, the PSP system may generate a policy update data packet that includes the policy update. The PSP system may selectively transmit the policy update data packet to the client device in response receiving the policy-pull request, and further authenticating the client device.

Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control messages comprising first periodic resource allocation configuration parameters comprising a first periodicity parameter of a first periodic resource allocation. Downlink control information indicating activation of the first periodic resource allocation is received. The downlink control information comprises one or more first fields. A transport block associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier is transmitted via radio resources associated with the first periodic resource allocation. The HARQ identifier is based on the one or more first field and the first periodicity parameter.

Abstract: A computation node device includes a buffer configured to store first data, a receiver configured to receive a packet including second data, an error check circuit configured to perform an error check of the packet and output a check result, and an operation device configured to perform, before receiving the check result output from the error check circuit, a reduction operation by using the first data stored in the buffer and the second data included in the packet and output an operation result of the reduction operation when the check result output from the error check circuit indicates non-existence of an error in the packet.

Abstract: A transmitting method for HARQ information comprising: a first node detecting N transmission blocks received from a second node and generating M bits of HARQ information according to the detection result; the M bits of HARQ information being used to indicate the receiving status of the N transmission blocks; there being M2 bits among the M bits, for indicating the positions of k erroneous transmission blocks in the N transmission blocks, M2?M; the length type of M2 including a first length type or a second length type; the first length type indicating that the value for M2 is predefined, and the second length type indicating that the value for M2 is determined based on k; and the first node transmitting the HARQ information to the second node. The above technical solution does not require strong correlation for the channel, and can conserve transmission resources and improve system throughput while reducing the HARQ information feedback overhead.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processing circuit. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The processing circuit is configured to detect an error of a previous scheduled transmission of data units from the apparatus to another apparatus. The other apparatus provides scheduled resources for transmission between the two apparatuses. Further, the processing circuit is configured to determine resources that are scheduled by the other apparatus for the apparatus to perform retransmission, and provide one or more of the data units in the previous scheduled transmission to the transceiver for retransmission using the scheduled resources.

Abstract: A data transmission method, apparatus, and a first device are provided in order to improve accuracy of analyzing sports and health data of a user. The method includes first storing, by a first device according to a particular data storage structure, sports and health data that is within a specified time period and that is detected by the first device, and then transmitting at least some of the sports and health data within the specified time period to a second device according to the data storage structure.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of multi-user (MU) wireless communication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a MU Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a header field and a plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) to a respective plurality of users, the header field including an indication of a plurality of lengths of respective ones of the plurality of MPDUs, one or more MPDUs of the plurality of MPDUs being followed by one or more respective PHY padding portions extending to an end of a longest MPDU of the plurality of MPDUs; and process transmission of the MU PPDU to the plurality of users over a wireless communication band.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) ACK/NACK signal by a reception side in a wireless communication system may further comprise the steps of: receiving a transmission block including a plurality of code blocks from a transmission side; decoding the received transmission block; and transmitting an ACK/NACK for the transmission block in units of code block groups, wherein the code.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards selecting, by user equipment, a selected maximum transmission unit (MTU) packet size for wireless data transfer based on radio signal conditions. In one aspect, reference signal received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) are used to select the MTU packet size, e.g., by using RSRP and RSRQ as indices to a lookup table of predetermined MTU packet sizes, such as previously determined by field testing. In general, smaller MTU packet sizes are used with poorer quality radio signal conditions. The selected MTU packet size may be increased or decreased based on actual performance data and/or based on changed radio signal conditions, such as for a subsequent data transfer session. The user equipment may comprise a Cat-M device that transfers data related to Machine-Type Communications (MTC)/Machine to Machine (M2M) communications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the present invention is a method for transmitting data to a base station (BS) by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving information on a contention-based Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) zone including a plurality of contention-based PUSCH resource blocks from the base station (BS); allocating at least one contention-based PUSCH resource block for transmission of the data based on the information on contention-based PUSCH zone; and transmitting the data to the base station (BS).

Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for increasing a contention window of a UE employing a LTE communications operating in a radio frequency (RF) band comprising a conflicting wireless technology. In one embodiment, an eNodeB receives a transport block of data from a user equipment (UE). The transport block includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). The eNodeB then determines a checksum of the transport block based on the CRC, fails the checksum, and transmits a non-acknowledgement (NACK) of the transport block to the UE based on the failed checksum. The UE, in response to the NACK, increases a contention window and re-transmits the transport block to the eNodeB.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a retransmission system that uses a hybrid system to signal to a receiver the retransmission of codeblock groups to reduce network overhead and bandwidth. The amount of bandwidth needed to signal to a receiver which codeblock groups are being retransmitted is directly proportional to the number of codeblock groups. Therefore, during retransmission, if the number of a codeblock groups is below a predetermined threshold, then explicit signaling can be performed, where the transmitter sends a bit map identifying the codeblock groups being retransmitted. If the number of codeblock groups is above the threshold however, can use a codeblock group confirmation bit in the control information sent to the receiver, where the values of the bit can inform the receiver how the retransmission will be performed.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, an access point includes a first communication interface that receives, first guided electromagnetic waves from a first waveguide system wherein the first guided electromagnetic waves convey a first plurality of resource blocks containing first data. A data switch selects first selected portions of the first data corresponding to a first subset of the first plurality of resource blocks for transmission to at least one communication device in proximity to the access point and select second selected portions of the first data corresponding to a second subset of the first plurality of resource blocks by omitting the first subset from the first plurality of resource blocks. A second communication interface generates second guided electromagnetic waves conveying the second selected portions of the first data to facilitate reuse of the first subset of the first plurality of resource blocks by a second waveguide system.

Abstract: A communication method and a terminal and a base station adapted to the method are provided. The communication method of a terminal includes: receiving a message containing information regarding a semi-persistent scheduling (SRS) configuration from a base station; determining whether a sub-frame configured with a non-adaptive re-transmission is identical to a sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration; and when: a sub-frame configured with a non-adaptive re-transmission is identical to a sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration; and the terminal does not have data to be first transmitted via the sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration, performing the non-adaptive re-transmission.

Abstract: A mass notification terminal may have a data parser and decoder connected to a communications terminal. Announcements may be transmitted to the communications terminal in the form of linguistic symbols and commands using low bandwidth and low power protocol transmissions. Push transmissions conserve bandwidth. An abstraction of an audio announcement may be transmitted for use with a speech synthesizer. The abstraction may be linguistic symbols such as phenomes, text, or may identify pre-stored clips. The system may provide announcement confirmation. The system may take advantage of communication protocols that have message size limitations. The announcements may be sent in one or more message transmissions. When an announcement is composed of multiple messages, using message sequence numbers and announcement identifications may facilitate grouping and arranging of the messages that make up the announcement.

Abstract: A method in a terminal device for transmission to at least a first network device and a second network device over bundled Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs). The method comprises determining that a first TTI for transmission to the first network device overlaps a second TTI for transmission to the second network device based on a first Timing Advance (TA) value associated with the first network device and a second TA value associated with the second network device; and blanking a portion of the first TTI, such that the rest of the first TTI does not overlap the second TTI.

Abstract: A pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE) is provided. A method of a receiver is provided. The method includes receiving packets to which a single SN is allocated, starting a reordering timer if there is a non-received packet, and requesting a retransmission of the non-received packet among the packets transmitted from a transmitter based on a received record message, if the reordering timer expires.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A mobile device may be scheduled for resources of multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) with a downlink control message; some or all of the multiple TTIs may be associated with different hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. Each TTI may include data mapped to one transport block (TB), and each TB may be associated with a separate HARQ process. The downlink control message may include an indication of which HARQ processes are associated with resources of the multiple TTIs scheduled by the message. For example, the downlink control message may include a mapping (e.g., a bitmap) that indicates a relationship between each HARQ process and each TTI scheduled by the message. Feedback for TBs of some TTIs may differ, and an acknowledgment of receipt or successful decoding may depend on timing of TTIs in relation to a control message.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and media are provided for recovery of information from redundancy version packets in systematic encoding environments when a redundancy version packet containing primarily systematic information may be corrupted. A plurality of redundancy version packets may be received at a user equipment device from a transmission device. Each redundancy version packet of the plurality of redundancy version packets may be based on a same group of information bits. A first redundancy version packet of the plurality of redundancy version packets may contain more bits of the same group of information bits than do the other redundancy version packets of the plurality of redundancy version packets. The same group of information bits may be recovered based on one or more second redundancy version packets of the plurality of redundancy version packets but not based on the first redundancy version packet.

Abstract: A streaming media data transmission method, client and server are used to solve the problem of long time delay of decoding because the client waits a segment with a higher code rate. The client includes: a first processing module configured to determine whether a server distributes a plurality of segments with same content and different code rates; and a second processing module configured to determine whether the server transmits a segment with a high code rate first or transmits a segment with a low code rate first when the first processing module determines that the server distributes a plurality of segments with same content and different code rates. When the client determines that the server transmits the segment with a high code rate first, a received segment is decoded directly, thereby shortening time delay of decoding at the client.

Abstract: A method performed by a radio-network node for handling a data transmission in a number of subframes from the radio-network node to a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The radio-network node transmits data over the number of subframes to the wireless device. Each subframe comprises a control part associated with the data of the subframe. Each respective control part comprises a feedback index indicating a transmission time offset of a feedback message. The feedback message is to comprise a respective feedback indication of the number of subframes to be transmitted simultaneously from the wireless device to the radio-network node in the feedback message.

Abstract: A method and system for facilitating one-to-many data transmissions with reduced network overhead includes conducting a round of data transmissions from a source computing device to a plurality of sink computing devices. Each of the sink computing devices generates a bucket list of lost data blocks for the round of data transmissions and transmits the bucket list to the source computing device. The source computing device conducts a subsequent round of data transmissions based on the bucket lists. One or more additional subsequent rounds may be conducted until the bucket list of each sink computing device is empty.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include a method of providing indoor navigation services. The method may include transmitting, via light-based communication (LCom) signals by each of a first plurality of luminaires, identifiers assigned to each of the plurality of luminaires, and transmitting, via LCom signals by a second plurality of luminaires, mapping information associating the identifiers of each of the first plurality of luminaires with a location of each of the first plurality of luminaires. The first plurality of luminaires may transmit the LCom signals towards the ground of an indoor environment while the second plurality of luminaires may transmit the LCom signals towards the ceiling of the indoor environment and are reflected downwards.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for abstracting a source of sensor data by translating data sink processor communications from a hardware-independent format to a hardware-dependent format and by translating data source portion communications from a hardware-dependent format to a hardware-independent format.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards a composite HARQ-ACK response that contains information corresponding to a current HARQ-ACK composed with one or more previous HARQ-ACKs in a single uplink transmission. As a result, even with a HARQ-ACK repetition factor greater than one, the network is able to schedule the user equipment in consecutive time intervals as if the repetition factor was one (that is, as if no repetition).

Abstract: Embodiments relate to outer coding in communications between a first network device and a second network device. A transport block (TB) and a first parity code block that is based on contents of the TB are transmitted from the first network device to the second network device. The first network device receives feedback information that is transmitted from the second network device. The feedback information indicates a decoding failure of the TB. The first network device generates a second parity check CB that is based on the contents of the TB and is different from the first parity check CB and transmits the second parity check CB to the second network device. The second network device receives the second parity check CB and performs error detection decoding of the TB based on the second parity check CB.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving indication information indicating a data distribution manner selected from a first data distribution manner and a second data distribution manner; performing data transmission with the network device according to the data distribution manner indicated by the indication information; wherein the data distribution manner indicating a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain; and wherein modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols are interleaved in frequency-domain according to the first data distribution manner and are not interleaved in the frequency-domain according to the second data distribution manner.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems disclosed provide for the configuration of acknowledgments of data. In some aspects, a method includes generating an aggregated media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) frame, comprising a media access control protocol data unit (MPDUs), the media access control protocol data unit (MPDUs) comprising a media access control (MAC) header and data, wherein the media access control (MAC) header comprises an indication of an acknowledgment type for the data of the MPDU; and transmitting the A-MPDU onto a wireless network.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a processor-readable storage medium for wireless communication are provided. A transmitter transmits data packets to a receiver, encodes the data packets to generate parity packets, stores the parity packets in a retransmission buffer, receives information from the receiver indicating that a data packet was not correctly decoded, and transmits to the receiver the parity packets stored in the retransmission buffer for recovering the data packet not correctly decoded without retransmitting the data packet not correctly decoded. The transmitter may further retransmit to the receiver the parity packets. The transmitted data packets may be encoded at a medium access control (MAC) layer of the transmitter. The retransmission buffer may be located at a radio link control (RLC) layer or a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer of the transmitter. A reordering buffer at the receiver may be located at the RLC layer or PDCP layer.

Abstract: The setting of a value of the transmission control parameter for a transmission of data on a multi-hop relay radio link of a cellular network is controlled. Said controlling is based on a route time of a packet transmitted between end nodes of the multi-hop relay radio link. E.g., the transmission control parameter may relate to a property of an Automatic Repeat Request protocol.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure provide for methods of communication. One method, at a base station, involves determining a maximum number of consecutive MSG1 retransmissions that a user equipment (UE) is permitted to perform, and transmitting the maximum number of consecutive MSG1 retransmissions to the UE. Another method involves receiving a maximum number of consecutive MSG1 retransmissions to be performed, and transmitting consecutive MSG1 retransmission signals for the maximum number of times.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing retransmissions in a wireless communication system by a wireless device. A wireless device may receive a first transmission of a data frame according to a wireless communication technology. The wireless device may attempt to decode the data frame. It may be determined that attempting to decode the data frame is unsuccessful. A retransmission of the data frame may be received at a retransmission interval after the first transmission of the data frame. The retransmission interval may be less than a minimum interframe interval for contending for medium access for new transmissions according to the wireless communication technology.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an information transmission method, a device, and a system, and relates to the communications field, so as to resolve a problem that a receiving device has excessively large power consumption because the receiving device needs to continuously perform blind detection on a channel to determine a moment at which data transmission is started. A specific solution is: obtaining, by a network device, a start location of a first subframe, configuring a first field in downlink control information DCI of a second subframe, and sending, to user equipment, the first subframe and the second subframe that are adjacent to each other, where the first field is used to indicate the start location of the first subframe. The present invention is used for information transmission.

Abstract: A control system for generating and utilizing at least one or more addressed datagrams that communicate information to and from devices along piping assemblies comprising; one or more transmitters, one or more receivers, and one or more controllers, wherein the transmitters transmit information via one or more addressed datagrams encoded within a working medium to one or more receivers among the piping assemblies, is described. Transmitters convert datagrams into signals that are transmitted within the working medium and the receivers receive signals from the transmitters and also convert signals from the working medium which is converted back into datagrams. The controllers receive and decode the datagrams so that the controllers selectively communicate and perform logical operations on piping assembly devices according to directions received from the addressed datagrams.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for partitioning resources into resource partitions, and informing user equipments (UEs) of the resource partitions. Knowledge of the resource partitions may assist the UEs in performing joint decoding. In one embodiment, a method performed by a UE includes receiving at least one message from each base station. The at least one message provides information indicating how resources are partitioned by the base station into a respective plurality of resource partitions. The information is used to identify respective resources for each of at least two downlink transmissions. Respective data that was transmitted on each of the at least two downlink transmissions using the respective resources is jointly decoded.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for handling notifications. A notification system monitors content (e.g., photograph) followed by a user for updates on a communication system. If the notification system identifies updates to content out of the monitored content, then the notification system applies the policy for delivering notifications concerning the content followed by the user that was updated. The notification system registers to receive information about updates to the content followed by the user as well as new events on the communication system. In response to identifying updates to content related to the content followed by the user that was updated from the received information, a summary concerning the updates to the content followed by the user and the related content is then generated. A notification is then delivered to the user containing the generated summary in a manner consistent with the policy.

Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting acknowledgment signaling based on a codebook, the codebook associating a bit pattern having comprising one or more subpatterns with the acknowledgment signaling. Each subpattern representing acknowledgment information according to a reporting type, in which the codebook groups subpatterns based on their reporting type.

Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless network management are described. In one embodiment, a radio measurement of a characteristic of a wireless access technology may be taken. The wireless access technology may enable data communication through a wireless network when connected to an access point. A report may be transmitted through an alternate access technology. The report may be based on the radio measurement. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing communication latency are provided. A communication session with a remote device is initiated. One or more message packets are transmitted to the remote device. Subsequently, it is determined whether any additional message packet is scheduled to be transmitted to the remote device. In the event that no additional message packet is scheduled to be sent to the remote device, a loss detection packet is appended to a last message packet. The last message packet and the loss detection packet are transmitted to the remote device. It is further determined whether the last message packet was successfully received by the remote device based on receipt of an acknowledgment message. In the event that the last message packet was not successfully transmitted, a retransmit of the last message packet is executed.