Transmitting data in a mobile communication system

• US 8,428,086 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2007
• Issued: 04/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Young Dae, Chun, Sung Duck, Jung, Myung Cheul, Park, Sung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAN, SAI MING
• Application Number:
  US12/159,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20090185477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,301 Days
• Field of Search: 370/216, 370/469, 370/474
• US Class Current: 370/469
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1825 Adaptation of specific ARQ protocol parameters according to transmission conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/18 End to end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/34 ensuring sequence integrity, e.g. using sequence numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets

Abstract

The present invention is related to transmitting data in a mobile communication system. Preferably, the present invention comprises transmitting first data to a receiving side and receiving acknowledgment information for indicating whether the first data was successfully transmitted to the receiving side. If the first data was not successfully transmitted to the receiving side, the method further comprises determining whether an amount of available radio resources is sufficient for retransmitting the first data to the receiving side, retransmitting the first data to the receiving side if the amount of available radio resources is sufficient to retransmit the first data, reconfiguring the first data into at least one second data if the amount of available radio resources is insufficient to retransmit the first data, wherein the at least one second data can be transmitted to the receiving side using the amount of available radio resources, and transmitting the at least one second data to the receiving side.

Claims

1. A method for retransmitting a protocol data unit (PDU) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

segmenting a first PDU to form one or more second PDUs if it is determined that the first PDU does not fit within a size indicated by a lower layer, wherein each of the one or more second PDUs fits within the size indicated by the lower layer, and wherein the first PDU comprises a header field and a data field; and

transmitting the one or more second PDUs to the receiving side,

wherein the segmenting the first PDU to form the one or more second PDUs comprises mapping only the data field, not the header field, of the first PDU to a data field of the one or more second PDUs and setting a header of each of the one or more second PDUs, and

wherein the header of each of the one or more second PDUs includes a field indicating that the corresponding second PDU is segmented.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising retransmitting the first PDU to the receiving side if the first PDU fits within the size indicated by the lower layer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the header of each of the one or more second PDUs includes a field indicating a position of the corresponding second PDU within the first PDU.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first PDU is an Acknowledge Mode Data (AMD) PDU.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first PDU includes one or more data fields,

wherein each of the one or more second PDUs includes one or two data fields,

wherein, if one of the one or more second PDUs includes two data fields, the two data fields comprise only portions of different ones of the one or more data fields of the first PDU.

2. An apparatus for retransmitting a protocol data unit (PDU) in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:

means for segmenting a first PDU to form one or more second PDUs if it is determined that the first PDU does not fit within a size indicated by a lower layer, wherein each of the one or more second data units fits within the data unit size indicated by the lower layer, and wherein the first PDU comprises a header field and a data field; and

means for transmitting the one or more second PDUs to the receiving side,

wherein the means for segmenting the first PDU to form the one or more second PDUs comprises means for mapping only the data field, not the header field, of the first PDU to a data field of the one or more second PDUs and means for setting a header of each of the one or more second PDUs, and

wherein the header of each of the one or more second PDUs includes a field indicating that the corresponding second PDU is segmented.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising means for retransmitting the first PDU to the receiving side if the first PDU fits within the size indicated by the lower layer.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the header of each of the one or more second PDUs includes a field indicating a position of the corresponding second PDU within the first PDU.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first PDU is an Acknowledge Mode Data (AMD) PDU.

10. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first PDU includes one or more data fields,

wherein each of the one or more second PDUs includes one or two data fields,

wherein, if one of the one or more second PDUs includes two data fields, the two data fields comprise only portions of different ones of the one or more data fields of the first PDU.