A control system (900, 1100) and various methods and apparatus for efficient
communications of data across various protocol layers are disclosed. Generally,
various aspects of the invention provide for efficient use of communication resources
in a communication system (100) by efficiently controlling delay of a TCP
acknowledgment message of reception of data from one communication protocol layer
to another. Moreover, the delay of the TCP acknowledgment message and the message
may be controlled to effect an efficient and consistent flow of data from a source
end to a destination end, in particular, in case of encrypted communications.
