Simple communication protocol for data transmission over constrained networks

A method for transmitting, by a source proxy, one or more TCP packets sent from a source device to a destination device over a wireless link, each TCP packet comprising a TCP data section and a TCP packet header, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving said one or more TCP packets by a source proxy located on said wireless link;
• determining, by said source proxy, a simple compression mode packet from said one or more TCP packets by removing the TCP packet header comprised in each TCP packet, said simple compression mode packet comprising the TCP data sections comprised in said one or more TCP packets and a header that comprises a connection identifier;
• sending, by said source proxy, the simple compression mode packet to a destination proxy located on said wireless link;
• receiving, by said destination proxy, said simple compression mode packet and acknowledging reception of said simple compression mode packet to the source proxy;
• determining, by the destination proxy, one or more reconstructed TCP packets by extracting the data sections of each TCP packet from said simple compression mode packet;
• and
• sending, by the destination proxy, said one or more reconstructed TCP packets to the destination device.

A program stored in a computer-readable non-transitory medium for transmitting, by a source proxy, one or more TCP packets sent from a source device to a destination device over a wireless link, each TCP packet comprising a TCP data section and a TCP packet header, the program comprising instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive said one or more TCP packets by a source proxy located on said wireless link;
• determine, by said source proxy, a simple compression mode packet from said one or more TCP packets by removing the TCP packet header comprised in each TCP packet, said simple compression mode packet comprising the TCP data sections comprised in said one or more TCP packets and a header that comprises a connection identifier;
• send, by said source proxy, the simple compression mode packet to a destination proxy located on said wireless link;
• receive, by said destination proxy, said simple compression mode packet and acknowledging reception of said simple compression mode packet to the source proxy;
• determine, by the destination proxy, one or more reconstructed TCP packets by extracting the data sections of each TCP packet from said simple compression mode packet;
• and
• send, by the destination proxy, said one or more reconstructed TCP packets to the destination device.