Method and apparatus for segmentation of messages in a communications system
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsMiguel Peeters, Dimitri Saey, Ruben Lysens
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Abstract
Method for transmitting messages in a communications system, wherein the message is segmented into a plurality of message segments, the message segments being of variable length, the plurality of message segments comprising at least one leading message segment and a trailing message segment, and a message segment indication is applied to the at least one leading message segment.
Claims34
A method for transmitting messages in an electronic communications system, the method comprising:
- segmenting a message into a plurality of message segments, the plurality of message segments comprising at least one leading message segment and a trailing message segment;
- applying a message segment indication to the at least one leading message segment;
- assigning one of a plurality of timeout values to the message;
- determining the length of the message segments according to the timeout value of the message such that the message segments have a segment length that decreases with an increasing timeout value of the message;
- and
- transmitting the message segments over the electronic communications system.
An apparatus for transmitting messages in a communications system, the apparatus comprising:
- first means for segmenting a message into a plurality of message segments, the plurality of message segments comprising at least one leading message segment and a trailing message segment;
- second means for applying a message segment indication to the at least one leading message segment;
- third means for assigning one of a plurality of timeout values to the message;
- and
- fourth means for determining the length of the message segments according to the timeout value of the message such that the message segments have a segment length that decreases with an increasing timeout value of the message.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying a sequence of instructions executable by a computer to perform a method of converting messages, the method comprising:
- segmenting a message into a plurality of message segments, the plurality of message segments comprising at least one leading message segment and a trailing message segment;
- applying a message segment indication to the at least one leading message segment;
- assigning one of a plurality of timeout values to the message;
- and
- determining the length of the message segments according to the timeout value of the message, —so such that the message segments have a segment length that decreases with an increasing timeout value of the message.
An apparatus for transmitting messages in a communications system, the apparatus comprising:
- first means for segmenting a message into a plurality of message segments, the plurality of message segments comprising at least one leading message segment and a trailing message segment;
- second means for applying a message segment indication to the at least one leading message segment;
- third means for assigning one of a plurality of timeout values to the message;
- and
- fourth means for determining the length of the message segments according to the timeout value of the message such that the message segments have a maximal segment length that decreases with an increasing timeout value of the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.