Patent ID: 7668141

Claim:
A method for managing packet data loss in a wireless network comprising; receiving, by a packet data destination from a packet data source, a flow of packets for a packet data service instance; transmitting, by the packet data destination to the packet data source, an indication to suspend transmitting the flow of packets for the packet data service instance; and transmitting, by the packet data destination to the packet data source, an indication of how to process packets for the packet data service instance while the flow transmission is suspended, wherein the indication of how to process packet s comprises signaling that provides packet processing instructions for the packet data source, wherein the packet processing instructions for the packet data source comprise an instruction from the group consisting of an instruction to buffer packets for the packet data service instance while the flow transmission is suspended, an instruction to buffer packets for the packet data service instance for an indicated period of time while the flow transmission is suspended, an instruction to discard packets for the packet data service instance while the flow transmission is suspended, and an instruction to resume flow transmission for the packet data service instance after an indicated period of time.