Patent ID: 8493958

Claim:
A method of communicating data on a reverse link between a wireless access terminal and a radio network in which packet sizes on the reverse link are typically selected from a default set of standard air interface packet sizes, the method comprising: determining one or more non-standard air interface packet sizes for the reverse link to at least substantially match a size of an application packet utilized by an application on the wireless access terminal, the one or more non-standard air interface packet sizes differing from the standard air interface packet sizes in the default set; determining a desired set of air interface packet sizes for the reverse link, the desired set of air interface packet sizes including the one or more non-standard air interface packet sizes; transmitting from a wireless access terminal to a radio network a request to use the desired set of air interface packet sizes for data traffic on the reverse link; in response to the step of transmitting the request, receiving at the access terminal from the radio network a negotiated set of air interface packet sizes to be used for the data traffic on the reverse link, wherein the negotiated set of air interface packet sizes is based at least in part on the desired set of air interface packet sizes and includes at least one non-standard air interface packet size adapted to more closely match an application packet size as compared to the standard air interface packet sizes of the default set and thereby reduce or eliminate padding of transmitted air interface packets; and communicating the data traffic on the reverse link using the negotiated set.