Method of improving the interface efficiency in a communications network
AssigneeEvolium S.A.S.
InventorPaul A. M. Bune
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Abstract
In a method for improving the interface efficiency between two network nodes (2, 3, 4) in a communications network (1) the data blocks to be transmitted over the interface are checked for corruption or likely corruption prior to transmission and only uncorrupted or likely uncorrupted data blocks are incorporated in the data frame and transmitted over the interface.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting a data frame via an interface between two network nodes, the data frame comprising a data frame header and multiple data blocks, said data blocks being received at a transmitting network node from a mobile station over a radio link, wherein before transmission said data blocks are checked for corruption or for a high probability of being corrupted after decoding at the transmitting network node, at least one suppression indicator being generated to indicate if data blocks are corrupted or have a high probability of being corrupted after decoding, said suppression indicator being transmitted as part of the data frame, and only uncorrupted data blocks or data blocks having a high probability of not being corrupted after decoding are included in the data frame and are transmitted via the interface.
Network node in a communications network for transmitting data frames, wherein the network node comprises means for detecting corrupt data blocks or data blocks having a high probability of being corrupted after decoding, said data blocks being received by the network node from a mobile station over a radio link, means for generating at least one suppression indicator indicating if the data blocks are corrupted or have a high probability of being corrupted after decoding, and means for generating data frames which contain said at least one suppression indicator and only data blocks which are uncorrupted or data blocks having a high probability of not being corrupted after decoding.
A method of transmitting a data frame via an interface between two network nodes, the method comprising:
- a) receiving data blocks at a first network node from a mobile station over a radio link;
- b) checking the data blocks for corruption or for a high probability of being corrupted after decoding;
- c) generating at least one suppression indicator based on the checking in b) to indicate the data blocks are either i) corrupted or have an unacceptable probability of being corrupted after decoding or ii) uncorrupted or have an acceptable probability of not being corrupted after decoding;
- d) generating the data frame comprising a data frame header, the at least one suppression indicator, and the data blocks that are uncorrupted or have an acceptable probability of not being corrupted after decoding based on the checking in b);
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- e) transmitting the data frame from the first network node to a second network node via the interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.