Patent ID: 11888619
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A second communication device for controlling transmission of one or more data packets in a wireless communication network, wherein the second communication device comprises a communication interface and processing circuitry associated with the communication interface, the processing circuitry is configured to:
receive an indication, from a first communication device, adapted to indicate one or more of the following: a maximum number of duplicates allowed to be transmitted for each data packet, a type of duplication, a data radio bearer, (DRB) for which duplication is configured, a radio link control (RLC) entity that is allowed to transmit a duplicate, an order of RLC entities in which the second communication device should transmit a first data packet and following duplicates, and whether the duplication is activated or deactivated for a DRB; and
handle communication based on the received indication, the handling comprises receiving duplicates according to a first duplication process and/or a second duplication process, based on whether the first communication device decided to activate the first duplication process and/or the second duplication process, and/or deactivate the first duplication process and/or the second duplication process for one or more DRBs,
wherein the first duplication process implies that the duplicates are transmitted over same RLC entities over time, and the second duplication process implies that the duplicates are transmitted on a need basis and/or are transmitted over RLC entities that can change over time.