// helper method for beacon sending with retries
private StatusResponse SendBeaconRequest(IHTTPClient httpClient, byte[] beaconData, int numRetries)
{
StatusResponse response = null;
var retry = 0;
var retrySleepMillis = INITIAL_RETRY_SLEEP_TIME_MILLISECONDS;
while (true)
{
response = httpClient.SendBeaconRequest(clientIPAddress, beaconData);
if (response != null || (retry >= numRetries))
{
// success OR max retry count reached
break;
}
timingProvider.Sleep(retrySleepMillis);
retrySleepMillis *= 2;
retry++;
}
return(response);
}