Patent ID: 6611515
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of implementing a radio link protocol completion process for a transaction oriented packet data communication system, the method comprising the steps of:determining a data backlog with a media access control layer controller; transmitting, to a receiver, a BEGIN protocol data unit containing a flag; and initiating a media access control layer transaction in response to the transmitting of the BEGIN protocol data unit; wherein the media access control layer controller receives an indication of the data backlog from a network layer; wherein the flag comprises a transaction size indicator; wherein the media access control layer transaction is composed of a number of data blocks, and the media access control layer transaction has a beginning and an end; wherein the data blocks are included in a CONTINUE protocol data unit; wherein the number of data blocks is less than a system broadcast parameter, wherein the BEGIN protocol data unit contains a transaction size field that defines the number of data blocks; wherein an END control block is transmitted with other data blocks as part of the CONTINUE protocol data unit; wherein the transaction field values of 1, 2 through 2Nâˆ’2 indicates that the media access control layer transaction has a number of data blocks equal to the value of the transaction size field value.