Patent ID: 6587464
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method for partial reporting of missing information frames within a telecommunication system, comprising the steps of:receiving a sequence numbered information frame from a transmit terminal at a receive terminal; determining if said sequence numbered information frame is out of sequence; responsive to determining said sequence numbered information frame is out of sequence, determining if a poll bit is set; responsive to determining that said poll bit is not set, determining if said sequence numbered information frame is new; responsive to determining said sequence numbered information frame is new, constructing a list of missing sequence numbered information frames beginning with a missing sequence number one greater than the largest sequence number in said receive terminal's receive queue and ending with said sequence numbered information frame minus one; and sending a selective reject SREJ frame response to said transmit terminal containing said list of missing sequence numbered information frames for re-transmittal.