Patent ID: 8031659

Claim:
A telecommunications network, comprising: a plurality of base stations, including the first base station and a second base station; a plurality of higher-level network units, including a first network unit for the first base station and a second network unit for the second base station, wherein the first base station is coupled to the first network unit, the second base station is coupled to the second network unit; a highest-level network unit, wherein the first network unit and the second network unit are coupled to the highest-level network unit; wherein transmission-specific information related to an instantaneous state of the transmission of the data units is stored in the first network unit, the first network unit being at a higher level than a level of the first base station, wherein the transmission-specific information stored in the first network unit is transmitted to a second network unit of a second base station, the second network unit having a higher level than a level of the second base station to continue the transmission of the data units, wherein the first network unit includes a first unit of a first convergence protocol layer, and the second network unit includes a second unit of a second convergence protocol layer, and wherein the transmitting of the transmission-specific information includes transmitting the information via the first unit of the first convergence protocol layer to the second unit of the second convergence protocol layer.