Managing acknowledgement packets in an uplink data packet stream

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• identify uplink acknowledgement (UL ACK) packets within an uplink data packet stream including encrypted payloads, wherein the processor is further configured to:
• identify two or more groups of packets within the uplink data packet stream that meet a packet length threshold, wherein each of the two or more groups of packets within the uplink data packet stream that meet a packet length threshold is associated with a respective detection frequency and a packet length range;
• and
• identify packets as UL ACK packets in response to determining that a packet length of the packets meets the packet length range of the most frequently detected of the two or more groups of packets;
• and
• accelerate processing of the identified UL ACK packets.

A computing device, comprising:

• means for identifying uplink acknowledgement (UL ACK) packets within an uplink data packet stream including encrypted payloads, comprising
• means for identifying two or more groups of packets within the uplink data packet stream that meet a packet length threshold, wherein each of the two or more groups of packets within the uplink data packet stream that meet a packet length threshold is associated with a respective detection frequency and a packet length range;
• means for identifying packets as UL ACK packets in response to determining that a packet length of the packets meets the packet length range of the most frequently detected of the two or more groups of packets;
• and
• means for accelerating processing of the identified UL ACK packets.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processing device in a computing device to perform operations comprising:

• identifying uplink acknowledgement (UL ACK) packets within an uplink data packet stream including encrypted payloads, comprising
• identifying two or more groups of packets within the uplink data packet stream that meet a packet length threshold, wherein each of the two or more groups of packets within the uplink data packet stream that meet a packet length threshold is associated with a respective detection frequency and a packet length range;
• and
• identifying packets as UL ACK packets in response to determining that a packet length of the packets meets the packet length range of the most frequently detected of the two or more groups of packets;
• and
• accelerating processing of the identified UL ACK packets.