Pro-active message acknowledgment collection for improved data link performance over reliable transport media

Abstract

A computer implemented method and computer program product for pro-active message acknowledgment collection for improved data link performance over reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network includes sending a message over reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network and pro-actively collecting a message receipt acknowledgement. In an aspect of the embodiment, the method can further include pro-actively collecting the message receipt acknowledgement after a message alert notification has not been received. In another aspect of the embodiment, the method can further include pro-actively collecting the message receipt acknowledgement a single time. In yet another aspect of the embodiment, the method can include setting a message alert timeout counter timer.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A computer implemented method for pro-active message acknowledgment collection for improved data link performance over reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network, the method comprising:
 sending a message over reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network; and   pro-actively collecting a message receipt acknowledgement.   
     
     
         2 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 pro-actively collecting the message receipt acknowledgement after a message alert notification has not been received.   
     
     
         3 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 pro-actively collecting the message receipt acknowledgement a single time.   
     
     
         4 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 setting a message alert timeout counter timer.   
     
     
         5 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining when to pro-actively collect the message receipt acknowledgement based on the message alert timeout counter timer that is started after the successful transmission of the message over the reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network.   
     
     
         6 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the reliable transport medium is a short burst data (SBD) transport media. 
     
     
         7 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining if a message alert notification was transmitted by the satellite-based global telecommunications network.   
     
     
         8 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 forwarding a message receipt acknowledgement of a service provider to a message client.   
     
     
         9 . The computer implemented method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 upon forwarding the message receipt acknowledgement of a service provider to the message client, disabling a resend timeout counter of the message client.   
     
     
         10 . A computer program product for pro-active message acknowledgment collection for improved data link performance over reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network, the computer program product comprising:
 a computer readable storage medium storing therein computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:   computer readable program code for receiving a message from a message client;   computer readable program code for sending a message over reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network;   computer readable program code for validating the success of the bi-directional transaction; and   computer readable program code for pro-actively collecting a message receipt acknowledgement.   
     
     
         11 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for pro-actively collecting the message receipt acknowledgement after a message alert notification has not been received.   
     
     
         12 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for pro-actively collecting the message receipt acknowledgement a single time.   
     
     
         13 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for receiving a message from a message client.   
     
     
         14 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for setting a message alert timeout counter timer.   
     
     
         15 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for determining when to pro-actively collect the message receipt acknowledgement based on the message alert timeout counter timer that is started after the successful transmission of the message over the reliable transport media in a satellite-based global telecommunications network.   
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein the reliable transport medium is a short burst data (SBD) transport media. 
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for determining if a message alert notification was transmitted by the satellite-based global telecommunications network.   
     
     
         18 . The computer implemented method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 computer readable program code for forwarding a message receipt acknowledgement of a service provider to a message client.   
     
     
         19 . The computer implemented method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 upon forwarding the message receipt acknowledgement of a service provider to the message client, computer readable program code for disabling a resend timeout counter of the message client.