Patent ID: 8295230

Claim:
A method for establishing a protocol entity in a convergence protocol layer of a first wireless station, comprising: receiving a radio bearer setup message from a second wireless station, wherein the radio bearer setup message requests configuration of a radio bearer and a protocol entity, and wherein the radio bearer setup message includes an identifier for the radio bearer and protocol entity parameters identifying a compression algorithm and a compression parameter for the protocol entity; in response to receiving the radio bearer setup message, configuring the radio bearer and the protocol entity in the first wireless station according to the following: configuring the protocol entity in the convergence protocol layer of the first wireless station to use the compression algorithm configured to use the compression parameter, wherein the protocol entity is identified by a protocol entity ID; and configuring the protocol entity to use the radio bearer to link the protocol entity and an entity in an RLC (radio link control) layer, wherein the protocol entity ID corresponds with the identifier for the radio bearer.