Patent ID: 7394807

Claim:
An apparatus for initiation of header-portion removal in a radio communication system comprising a mobile station operable to communicate packet-switched data with a correspondent node by way of network infrastructure, the packet-switched data formatted into data packets, the data packets having header portions and payload portions, the header-portion removal facilitating communication of the packet-switched data upon a radio link formed between the mobile station and the network infrastructure, said apparatus comprising: a quality of service information element message generator coupled to receive indications of selection of a preference to communicate data without the header portions upon the radio link, said quality of service information element message generator for generating a quality of service information element message containing an indication of the preference, wherein the quality of service information message element includes a header adaptation field and wherein the indication of the preference is contained in the header adaptation field, and wherein the quality of service information element message comprises a plurality of octets and wherein the header adaptation field is formed in a final octet of the quality of service information element message.