Patent ID: 8737415
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a telecommunications node comprising: receiving plural data packets from a source external to the node, the plural data packets including both ordinary packets and a priority packet; storing the plural data packets in a queue structure in order of arrival so that the priority packet is read out of the queue structure before the ordinary packets are read out of the queue structure, thereby expediting output of the priority packet from the node relative to the ordinary packets; wherein the priority packets is included in a frame of a HS-DSCH channel, and wherein ascertaining that a particular packet is a priority packet comprises checking one or more predetermined bits in the frame, the one or more predetermined bits having been set to indicate that the packet(s) of the frame is a priority packet; wherein the frame is at least one of: (1) a HS-DSCH DATA FRAME TYPE 1 frame,wherein the predetermined bits are bits (2) a HS-DSCH DATA FRAME TYPE 2 frame, and wherein one or more predetermined bits are bits