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.