Methods, systems and computer program products for message processing in lost data circumstances in wireless communications
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsKeith William Anderson, Brian Alan Burdette
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided which improve message processing in lost data circumstances for a communication system communicating over a wireless communication link by receiving part of a message which has been transmitted over the wireless communication link and determining if sufficient information was received in the message to perform an operation specified by the message. The operation is performed if it is determined that sufficient information was received in the message to perform the specified operation.
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A method of improving message processing in lost data circumstances for a communication system communicating over a wireless communication link, wherein the communication system operates utilizing a layered communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving part of an entire message which has been transmitted over the wireless communication link, wherein the part of the entire message is less than the entire message, and wherein said receiving step comprises the steps of:
- receiving at a first layer of the layered communication protocol, frames of the entire message;
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- providing to a second layer of the layered communication protocol, a partial message received by the first layer if the entire message is not received by the first layer;
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- determining if sufficient information was received in the part of the message to perform an operation specified by the entire message;
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- performing the operation specified if it is determined that sufficient information was received in the part of the message to perform the operation specified by the entire message.
A communication system for communicating over a wireless communication link with improved message processing in lost data circumstances, wherein the communication system operates utilizing a layered communication protocol, comprising:
- means for receiving part of an entire message which has been transmitted over the wireless communication link, wherein the part of the entire message is less than the entire message, and wherein said means for receiving comprises:
- means for receiving at a first layer of the layered communication protocol, frames of said message;
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- means for providing to a second layer of the layered communication protocol, said part of the entire message received by the first layer if the entire message is not received by the first layer;
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- means for determining if sufficient information was received in the part of the entire message to perform an operation specified by the entire message;
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- means for performing the operation specified if it is determined that sufficient information was received in the part of the message to perform the operation specified by the entire message.
A computer program product for improving message processing in lost data circumstances for a communication system communicating over a wireless communication link, wherein the communication system operates utilizing a layered communication protocol, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising:
- computer-readable program code means for receiving part of an entire message which has been transmitted over the wireless communication link, wherein the part of the entire message is less than the entire message, said computer-readable program code means for receiving comprising:
- computer-readable program code means for receiving at a first layer of the layered communication protocol, frames of said entire message;
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- computer-readable program code means for providing to a second layer of the layered communication protocol, the part of the entire message received by the first layer if the entire message is not received by the first layer;
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- computer-readable program code means for determining if sufficient information was received in the part of the entire message to perform an operation specified by the entire message;
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- computer-readable program code means for performing the operation specified if it is determined that sufficient information was received in the part of the message to perform the operation specified by the entire message.
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