Method for scheduling of plural packet data flows

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for scheduling of plural packet data flows transmitted via a single transmission resource, wherein each data flow adopts a retransmission scheme providing for retransmission of packet data of a respective flow for which packet data a positive acknowledgment of delivery to a destination was not obtained, the method comprising the steps of: allocating one of said plural data flows to said single transmission resource for transmission, said data flow comprising a number of packet data, first detecting that a certain number of packet data has been transmitted via said transmission resource, and in response thereto, generating an acknowledgment message including the acknowledgment status of each of said certain number of packet data and allocating another one of said plural data flows to said single transmission resource.

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