Patent ID: 7420971

Claim:
A method for transmitting a byte stream from a transmitter unit to a receiver unit in a network protocol, comprising the following steps: removing at least one data area of the byte stream from the byte stream to form a shortened byte stream; transmitting information relating to which data area or which data areas have been removed from the byte stream and/or relating to the way in which the shortened byte stream is to be processed, to the receiving unit; transmitting the byte stream shortened by at least one data area to the receiver unit; determining by the receiver unit the at least one data area removed by the transmitter unit by using the information and the shortened byte stream; and processing by the receiver unit the at least one data area determined, wherein the information relating to which data area or which data areas has or have been removed from the byte stream and/or to the way in which the shortened byte stream is to be further processed is transferred in a signaling message to the receiver unit.