Patent ID: 8483223
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting data in a wireless communication system, comprising: obtaining a plurality of data units to send, each data unit being associated with a sequence number indicative of a position of the data unit among the plurality of data units; determining likelihood of each of multiple links being available for sending data; and generating multiple packets for the multiple links based on the likelihood of each link being available, the multiple packets comprising a first packet for a first link most likely to be available and a last packet for a last link least likely to be available, the first packet comprising a data unit having a lowest sequence number and the last packet comprising a data unit having a highest sequence number among all data units in the multiple packets; wherein the determining the likelihood of each of the multiple links being available comprises determining the likelihood of each link with a pending packet being available based on number of subpackets sent for the pending packet.