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

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a first communication device for controlling transmission of one or more data packets in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
transmitting an indication, to a second communication device, indicating 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
deciding whether to activate a first duplication process and/or a 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.