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Out of sequence delivery of an SDU in a radio device

US10484258B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 2014
Grant dateNov 19, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/27
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates receiving a plurality of Protocol Data Units (PDU) of a PDU sequence over a radio interface; detecting that a PDU of the sequence of the received PDUs is missing, wherein for each of the received PDUs, identifying which Service Data Unit(s) (SDU) it relates to; based on said identifying, determining that a complete SDU is obtainable from one or several PDUs of the received PDUs, which one or several PDUs are later in the sequence of the received PDUs than the missing PDU; obtaining the complete SDU from said one or several PDUs; performing a packet inspection of the obtained complete SDU to determine the type of data it carries; and based on the performed packet inspection, determining that the complete SDU fulfils a predetermined criterion; and delivering the complete SDU before receiving a retransmission of the PDU which is missing.

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