Patent ID: 8036122

Claim:
An apparatus for managing transfer of data packets between mobile stations and a packet data network (PDN) using radio link protocol (RLP) retransmission, comprising: a packet control component operable to be connected between a radio network controller (RNC) and the packet data network for controlling the transfer of the data packets between one or more of the mobile stations, coupled to the RNC, and the packet data network, said packet control component comprising; a connection management component for controlling the transfer of the data packets and for causing a mode-indicating signal to be sent to the RNC; a bearer traffic component for receiving the data packets from the RNC and the PDN and extracting an information payload from the data packets; and a flow analysis component receiving the information payload from the bearer traffic component, for decompressing and analyzing the information payload, for classifying the data packets as being a first data packets associated with a real-time application or a second data packets associated with a non-real-time application and sending the result to the connection management component for use in generating the mode-indicating signal; wherein said mode-indicating signal causes the RNC to suspend the RLP retransmission, prevent transfer of the second data packets and allocate a transmission channel to the first data packets that has a higher capacity than a channel used for the RLP retransmission.