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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsIngo Meirick, Håkan Nordström, Erik Westerberg, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Hannes Ekström
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The technology described relates to management of data packets and buffers comprising segments of data packets in a mobile communication system. Information associated with data packet segments is analyzed by a Base Station System (BSS) housing a data buffer. Based on this information analysis, the BSS can identify those segments in the buffer that constitute a complete data packet. Once identified, the segments can be discarded from the buffer. The information can include size information, whereby the analysis comprises pairwise comparing the size of a current segment with the size of a next consecutive segment. This size comparison enables identification of a first segment and a last segment of the complete data packet. The information could also, or alternatively, include a notification provided in the header of the segment. This notification identifies the associated segment as the first or last segment of the data packet or an intermediate segment.
A method of managing a data buffer comprising a queue of consecutive segments of data packets in a base station system of a mobile communications system, said method comprises:
A system for managing a data buffer comprising a queue of consecutive segments of data packets in a base station system of a mobile communications system, comprising:
A base station network node of a base station system in a mobile communications system comprising:
A support network node in a mobile communications system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.