Method for Operating a Mobile Wireless Network

A method for establishing a protocol entity in a convergence protocol layer of a first wireless station, comprising:

• receiving a radio bearer setup message from a second wireless station, wherein the radio bearer setup message requests configuration of a radio bearer and a protocol entity, and wherein the radio bearer setup message includes an identifier for the radio bearer and protocol entity parameters identifying a compression algorithm and a compression parameter for the protocol entity;
• in response to receiving the radio bearer setup message, configuring the radio bearer and the protocol entity in the first wireless station according to the following:
• configuring the protocol entity in the convergence protocol layer of the first wireless station to use the compression algorithm configured to use the compression parameter, wherein the protocol entity is identified by a protocol entity ID;
• and
• configuring the radio bearer to link the protocol entity and an entity in an RLC (radio link control) layer,
• wherein the protocol entity ID corresponds with the identifier for the radio bearer.

A first wireless station, comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a mobile wireless communication device connected to the computing device, the mobile wireless communication device operable to transmit and receive communications via a mobile wireless network;
• wherein the mobile wireless communication device is operable to receive a radio bearer setup message from a second wireless station, wherein the radio bearer setup message identifies a compression algorithm and a compression parameter, and includes a radio bearer identifier;
• wherein the computing device is operable to configure a radio bearer and a protocol entity in the first wireless station in response to the mobile wireless communication device receiving the radio bearer setup message according to the following:
• configuring the protocol entity in a convergence protocol layer of the first wireless station so that it includes the compression algorithm configured to use the compression parameter, wherein the protocol entity is identified by a protocol entity ID, and
• configuring the radio bearer to link the protocol entity and an entity in an RLC (radio link control) layer,
• wherein the protocol entity ID corresponds with the radio bearer identifier.

A method for establishing a protocol entity in a convergence protocol layer, comprising:

• at a second wireless station, selecting parameters for configuring a radio bearer and a protocol entity, wherein the parameters identify a compression algorithm and a compression parameter for the protocol entity and include an identifier for the radio bearer;
• creating a radio bearer setup message at the second wireless station that requests configuration of a radio bearer and a protocol entity at a first wireless station and that includes the selected parameters;
• transmitting the radio bearer setup message to the first wireless station;
• configuring the radio bearer and the protocol entity in the second wireless station according to the following:
• configuring the protocol entity in the convergence protocol layer of the second wireless station to use the compression algorithm configured to use the compression parameter, wherein the protocol entity is identified by a protocol entity ID;
• and
• configuring the radio bearer to link the protocol entity and an entity in an RLC (radio link control) layer,
• wherein the protocol entity ID corresponds with the identifier for the radio bearer.

A second wireless station, comprising:

• a computing device, the computing device operable to select parameters for configuring a radio bearer and a protocol entity, wherein the parameters identify a compression algorithm and a compression parameter for the protocol entity and include an identifier for the radio bearer;
• and
• a mobile wireless communication device connected to the computing device, the mobile wireless communication device operable to transmit and receive communications via a mobile wireless network;
• wherein the mobile wireless communication device is operable to transmit a radio bearer setup message requesting configuration of a radio bearer and a protocol entity at a first wireless station to the first wireless station;
• wherein the computing device is operable to configure the radio bearer and the protocol entity in the second wireless station according to the following:
• configuring the protocol entity in a convergence protocol layer of the second wireless station so that it includes the compression algorithm configured to use the compression parameter, wherein the protocol entity is identified by a protocol entity ID, and
• configuring the radio bearer to link the protocol entity and an entity in an RLC (radio link control) layer,
• wherein the protocol entity ID corresponds with the radio bearer identifier.