Method for transmitting data from RLC layer in radio communication system

• US 7,054,270 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2001
• Issued: 05/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yi, Seung June, Yeo, Woon Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuongchau Ba
• Application Number:
  US09/971,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20020041567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,694 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230.1, 370/232, 370/253, 370/310.1, 370/331, 370/469, 370/229, 370/412, 455/436
• US Class Current: 370/232
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1809 Selective-repeat protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1877 for semi-reliable protocols, e.g. for less sensitive applications like streaming video buffer level management for video bitstream control arrangements H04N21/44004
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/437 Ring fault isolation or reconfiguration for SDH/SONET ring networks H04J3/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/324 in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting data from an RLC layer in a radio communication system. The method includes the steps of storing RLC SDUs transferred from an upper layer in a transmission buffer, transmitting RLC PDUs on which the RLC SDUs stored in the transmission buffer are loaded to a receiving side in order, discarding the RLC SDUs stored in the transmission buffer, checking whether a transmission mode indicator is configured, and transmitting discard information about the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side entirely or in part in accordance with whether the transmission MRW mode indicator is configured.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data from a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer in a radio communication system, comprising:

storing RLC Service Data Units (SDUs) transferred from an upper layer in a transmission buffer;

sequentially transmitting RLC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to a receiving side, the PDUs being formed from the RLC SDUs stored in the transmission buffer;

discarding the RLC SDUs stored in the transmission buffer;

determining whether a transmission mode indicator is configured; and

transmitting one of complete discard information and partial discard information relating to the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side in accordance with whether the transmission mode indicator is configured.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the discard information is transmitted to the receiving side using a Move Receiving Window Super Field (MRW SUFI).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the MRW SUFI comprises a LENGTH parameter indicating a number of the discarded RIG SDUs, at least one SN_MRW_i parameter representing location information of at least one discarded RLC SDUs, and a N_LENGTH parameter indicating which RLC SDU corresponds sequentially to the last discarded RLC SDU in a PDU belonging to an end of the last discarded RIG SDU.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the location information of each of the discarded RIG SDUs comprises a sequence number of each corresponding RIG PDU to which an end of each of the discarded RIG SDUs and a sequence number of a RIG PDU from which a SDU to be transmitted after each of the discarded RIG SDUs starts.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the parameter LENGTH is set to “

0000”

when the last discarded SDU transmitted to the receiving side exceeds a range of a transmission window, and wherein the parameter LENGTH is set to “

0001”

when the last discarded SDU fails to exceed the range of the transmission window.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein if only one SN_MRW_i is provided, the SN_MRW_i corresponds to the last discarded SDU.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein if the transmission mode indicator is not configured, only one SN_MRW_i is included in the MRW SUFI, the one SN_MRW_i corresponding to a total number of discarded SDUs.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the discard information comprises a sequence number of a PDU belonging to an end of each discarded RLC SDU.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the discard information comprises information required to move a receiving window of the receiving side.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the information required to move the receiving window of the receiving side comprises a sequence number of a corresponding RLC PDU to which an end of the last discarded RLC SDU belongs and a sequence number of a RLC PDU from which a RLC SDU to be transmitted after the last discarded RLC SDU begins.

11. A method of transmitting data of a radio link control layer in a radio communication system, comprising:

storing upper layer data units transferred from an upper layer in a transmission buffer;

forming control layer data units of a radio link control layer on which the upper layer data units are loaded;

sequentially transmitting the control layer data units to a receiving side;

checking for a transmission failure of the control layer data units; and

one of sending discard information regarding all discarded upper layer data units and sending discard information regarding a part of the discarded upper layer data units in accordance with a state of an indicator.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the discard information is sent to the receiving side in a message for moving a receiving window of the receiving side, wherein the message comprises a data unit parameter, which indicates a data unit of a radio link control layer corresponding to an end of a last discarded upper layer data unit, and a status parameter, which indicates a status of the control layer data unit.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the message further comprises a third parameter, which indicates that the upper layer data unit to be discarded in the receiver extends above the configured transmission window in the transmitter.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the third parameter is set to “

0000”

when the upper layer data unit to be discarded in the receiver extends above the configured transmission window in the transmitter.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the data unit parameter comprises a sequence number of the control layer data unit corresponding to one of (i) an end of the last discarded upper layer data unit and (ii) a starting point of an upper layer data unit to be transmitted after the discard.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the status parameter comprises a number of the upper layer data units to be ignored by the receiving side in the control layer data unit.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the control layer data unit is an RLC Protocol Data Unit (PDU) and the upper layer data unit is a RLC Service Data Unit (SDU).

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the part of the discarded upper layer data units comprises the last SDU to be discarded at the receiving side.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the indicator is configured by the upper layer.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the upper layer is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer.

21. The method of claim 11, wherein the discard information comprises information required to move a receiving window of the receiving side.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the information required to move the receiving window of the receiving side comprises the sequence number of the control layer data unit having the starting point of an upper layer data unit to be transmitted after the discard.

23. A method of transmitting data from a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer of a communication system, comprising:

sequentially transmitting RLC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) corresponding to RLC Service Data Units (SDUs), each PDU having sequence numbers, to a receiving side;

discarding corresponding ones of the RLC SDUs when a previously set reference value is exceeded;

determining whether the discarded RLC SDUs have been transmitted to the receiving side;

renumbering sequence numbers of PDUs associated with RLC SDUs to be transmitted next so as to be initiated from a sequence number of the first PDU having not been transmitted;

determining whether a transmission MRW (More Receiving Window) mode indicator has been configured by an upper layer;

transmitting discard information about all of the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side when the transmission MRW mode indicator is configured; and

transmitting the discard information about a portion of the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side when the transmission MRW mode indicator has not been configured.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising sequentially transmitting RLC PDUs having the renumbered sequence numbers to the receiving side in response to a transmission demand signal from the receiving side.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the previously set reference value comprises a transmission time limit set for each of the RLC SDUs.

26. A user equipment (UE) for a radio communication system, comprising:

means for sequentially transmitting RLC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) corresponding to RLC Service Data Units (SDUs), each PDU having sequence numbers, to a receiving side UE;

means for discarding corresponding ones of the RLC SDUs when a previously set reference value is exceeded;

means for determining whether the discarded RLC SDUs have been transmitted to the receiving side UE;

means for renumbering sequence numbers of PDUs associated with RLC SDUs to be transmitted next, such that they are initiated from a sequence number of the first PDU having not yet been transmitted;

means for transmitting discard information regarding all of the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side UE when a transmission MRW (More Receiving Window) mode indicator has been configured; and

means for transmitting the discard information regarding only a portion of the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side UE when the transmission MRW mode indicator has not been configured.

27. The device of claim 26, further comprising means for sequentially transmitting RLC PDUs having the renumbered sequence numbers to the receiving side UE in response to a transmission demand signal from the receiving side UE.