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Abstract

A method comprising transmitting a set of data blocks, receiving said set of data blocks, checking whether the transfer of the received data blocks has succeeded or failed; acknowledging, at specific intervals, the received data blocks by a bitmap. A bit of the bitmap corresponds to at least one transferred data block, and the value of the bit indicates the success or failure of the data transfer. Data blocks, the transfer of which has failed according to the bitmap, are re-transmitted. The method comprises determining a set of acknowledgement algorithms, each of which comprising a method for forming a bitmap of the received data blocks; maintaining information on the number of those data blocks, which have not been successfully received or the reception of which has not been acknowledged; initiating one of said acknowledgment algorithms by selecting the acknowledgement algorithm according to said number of data blocks. The acknowledgement functions can at any given instant be adapted to the temporary transfer situation.

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