Patent ID: 7936733

Claim:
A Radio communication apparatus for receiving variable-length RLC PDU data in an RLC layer belonging to Layer 2 forming a radio communication protocol layer, and for reassembling one RLC SDU data from one or a plurality of variable-length RLC PDU data, the radio communication apparatus comprising: a buffer memory; and a controller referring to retransmission identification information included in a header of the received variable-length RLC PDU data, storing into the buffer memory the variable-length RLC PDU data having the retransmission identification information identical to a preset assumed value, reassembling the RLC SDU data from the variable-length RLC PDU data when the retransmission identification information is identical to the preset assumed value, and changing the preset assumed value whenever transmitting a retransmission request for the variable-length RLC PDU data corresponding to a predetermined RLC SDU data; wherein the retransmission identification information is the number of times of retransmission, and the controller increments the preset assumed value by a predetermined unit value whenever transmitting the retransmission request for the variable-length RLC PDU data corresponding to the predetermined RLC SDU data.