Patent ID: 8817713

Claim:
A mobile station for use with a mobile network, the mobile station comprising: a processor and a memory, said memory containing code executable by said processor whereby said mobile station is configured to: receive RLC/MAC (Radio Link Control/Medium Access Control) Blocks from the mobile network, each received RLC/MAC Block associated with one of one or more Temporary Block Flows (TBFs) assigned to the mobile station by the mobile network; and identify a received RLC/MAC Block by a Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) that has been assigned by the mobile network to the TBF with which the RLC/MAC Block is associated and that, as recognized by the mobile station, belongs to either a first group of TFIs or a second group of TFIs, wherein a TFI in the second group comprises a TFI in the first group together with additional information in the received RLC/MAC block; wherein a first Portion of values for TFIs in the first group are dedicated to uniquely identifying TBFs on a given resource without said additional information, and a second portion of values for TFIs in the first group are dedicated to uniquely identifying TBFs on a given resource in combination with said additional information.