Patent ID: 7334175

Claim:
A method for driving a retransmission timer in a mobile telecommunications system using a radio link protocol, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a frame transmitted from a transmitter and, if the received frame is determined to be erroneous, requesting the transmitter to retransmit the frame and driving the retransmission timer; driving the retransmission timer, without holding the retransmission timer, until a predetermined round trip delay period has elapsed; determining a frame type when a frame is received after the round trip delay period has elapsed; holding or driving the retransmission timer according to the frame type; if the frame type is any one of an idle frame type and a data frame type, driving the retransmission timer without holding the retransmission timer; and if the frame type is any one of an eraser frame type, a control frame type or a retransmitted frame type, holding the retransmission timer.