Patent ID: 7289536

Claim:
A method for transmitting header data from a sender to a receiver in the transmission of packet data units ( 1 ) in a telecommunications network depending on a type of the header data ( 5 , 10 , 20 , 25 ), comprising the following steps: supplying a set of header data ( 5 , 10 , 20 , 25 ) received in the receiver ( 70 ) of the telecommunications network, depending on its signaling ( 30 , 35 , 40 ), to one of at least two groups ( 50 , 55 ) of algorithms for an evaluation; providing a first algorithm in a first group ( 50 ) of algorithms for a first type of header data ( 5 , 10 , 20 , 25 ); providing a second algorithm in a second group ( 55 ) of algorithms for a second type of header data ( 5 , 10 , 20 , 25 ), wherein the first algorithm corresponds to the second algorithm; combining the signaling ( 30 , 35 , 40 ) for the first type of header data ( 5 , 10 , 20 , 25 ) and the signaling ( 30 , 35 , 40 ) for the second type of header data ( 5 , 10 , 20 , 25 ) into a shared signaling; and transmitting the shared signaling from the sender to the receiver.