Patent ID: 9288713
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for minimizing an occurrence of a queue stall during a communication session involving a mobile station and another device and employing a reliable transport protocol, the method comprising: setting a current Radio Link Protocol (RLP) mode of operation for the communication session; and during the communication session, switching, in association with a traffic channel assigned to the mobile station and communication session, from a current RLP mode of operation for the communication session to an RLP mode of operation for the communication session that is different from the current RLP mode of operation, wherein one of the current RLP mode and the different RLP mode of operation is a transparent RLP mode of operation and the other mode is a non-transparent RLP mode of operation, wherein switching from the current RLP mode of operation to the different RLP mode of operation comprises at least one of transmitting from the mobile station to the another device a service request message indicating that the another device should change RLP mode, or receiving at the mobile station from the another device a service request message indicating that the mobile station should change RLP mode.