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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Mathias Johansson, Sollentuna, SE;
Per Beming, Stockholm, SE;
Christiaan Roobol, Hässelby, SE;
Bela Rathonyi, Malmö, SE;
Joachim Sachs, Aachen, DE;
Michael Meyer, Aachen, DE;
Roger Kalden, Neuss, DE;
Mathias Johansson, Sollentuna, SE;
Per Beming, Stockholm, SE;
Christiaan Roobol, Hässelby, SE;
Bela Rathonyi, Malmö, SE;
Joachim Sachs, Aachen, DE;
Michael Meyer, Aachen, DE;
Roger Kalden, Neuss, DE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A flexible Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol for a mobile communication system is provided, whereby a plurality of different RLC functions are defined. These different RLC functions can be combined in a number of different ways to produce a complete and functional, but more flexible RLC protocol than the existing protocol. For example, a new set of rules are provided for determining how and/or when to poll for, or send, a status report for Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) purposes. As such, for a specific service configuration, one set of the rules can be used, and for a different service configuration, another set of the rules can be used. In this way, the rules can be conformed suitably to the type of service involved.