Patent ID: 8312134

Claim:
A method for controlling packet errors in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at a media independent handover (MIH) module of a mobile terminal, a first message indicating that a link with a current point of attachment is going down; transmitting, at the MIH module of the mobile terminal to a transmission control protocol (TCP) entity of the mobile terminal, first information in response to the first message, the first information indicating that the link with the current point of attachment is to be released; transmitting, at the TCP entity of the mobile terminal to a TCP entity of a correspondent remote node, a first link status indication message after receipt of the first message, the first link status indication message embedding link going down information; establishing a layer 2 (L2) link with a new point of attachment for a handover during which a first congestion control scheme is executed by the TCP entity of the correspondent remote node in response to the link going down information of the first link status indication message in a manner of identifying radio link error from congestion error in consideration of packet loss in handover; transmitting, at the TCP entity of the mobile terminal to the TCP entity of the correspondent remote node, a second link status indication message when the L2 link with the new point of attachment is established, the second link status indication message embedding link up information; and executing, at the TCP entity of the correspondent remote node, a second congestion control scheme different from the first congestion control scheme in response to the link up information of the second link status indication.