Patent ID: 8228915
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a packet-based data transmission, wherein a packet comprises in a payload portion one or more data blocks and in a header portion one sub-header for each one of the one or more data blocks, and the one or more sub-headers comprise a length indicator in case a further sub-header follows, the length indicator indicating a length of the data block the sub-header is associated with, and wherein the method comprises the following steps in a transmitter: determining a packet size of the packet; determining a data size of the packet as a size of the one or more data blocks in the payload portion; determining a size of the sub-headers required for the one or more data blocks in the header portion; determining an amount of residual space in the packet resulting from a mismatch between the packet size and the sum of at least the data size and the size of the sub-headers; and inserting, in case an amount of residual space in the packet is below a predefined threshold value, a length indicator into a last one of the one or more sub-headers and setting the inserted length indicator to a value indicating to a receiver that no further sub-header follows.