Reliable data packet transmission among entities of a radio access network of a mobile communication network

A user equipment for a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network having a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell,

• wherein, to provide a data packet to the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.

A mobile communication network, comprising:

• a radio access network having a plurality of cells, the radio access network being configured to serve a user equipment within a cell,
• wherein, to provide a data packet to the user equipment, the radio access network is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources.

A mobile communication network, comprising:

• a radio access network having a plurality of cells, the radio access network being configured to serve a user equipment within a cell,
• wherein, to provide a data packet to the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.

A method, comprising:

• receiving at a user equipment for a mobile communication network a data packet, the mobile communication network having a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell,
• wherein receiving the data packet from the radio access network comprises receiving a plurality of different versions of the data packet transmitted by the radio access network to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources.

A method, comprising:

• transmitting by a user equipment for a mobile communication network a data packet, the mobile communication network having a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell,
• wherein transmitting the data packet to the radio access network comprises providing a plurality of different versions of the data packet and transmitting the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.

A method for transmitting a data packet in a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network having a radio access network including a plurality of cells and serving a user equipment within a cell, the method comprising:

• providing, by the radio access network, a plurality of different versions of the data packet, and
• transmitting the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources.

A method for transmitting a data packet in a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network having a radio access network including a plurality of cells and serving a user equipment within a cell, the method comprising:

• providing, by the user equipment a plurality of different versions of the data packet;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.