Method and apparatus for dynamically changing modes of a reliable transport protocol
AssigneeGoogle Technology Holdings LLC
InventorsAjoy K. Singh, Mukesh Bhatla, Jay P. Jayapalan
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Abstract
A communication device minimizes an opportunity for a queue stall during a communication session employing a reliable transport protocol by setting a current mode of operation for a Radio Link Protocol (RLP) and, based on a quality of an air interface, switching to an RLP mode of operation different from the current mode during the communication session.
Claims20
A method for minimizing an occurrence of a queue stall during a communication session involving a mobile station and another device and employing a reliable transport protocol, the method comprising:
- setting a current Radio Link Protocol (RLP) mode of operation for the communication session;
- and
- during the communication session, switching, in association with a traffic channel assigned to the mobile station and communication session, from a current RLP mode of operation for the communication session to an RLP mode of operation for the communication session that is different from the current RLP mode of operation, wherein one of the current RLP mode and the different RLP mode of operation is a transparent RLP mode of operation and the other mode is a non-transparent RLP mode of operation, wherein switching from the current RLP mode of operation to the different RLP mode of operation comprises at least one of transmitting from the mobile station to the another device a service request message indicating that the another device should change RLP mode, or receiving at the mobile station from the another device a service request message indicating that the mobile station should change RLP mode.
A communication device that changes a mode of operation of a Radio Link Protocol (RLP) during a communication session involving a mobile station and another device, the communication device comprising:
- means for setting a current RLP mode of operation for the communication session;
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- means for switching, during the communication session and in association with a traffic channel assigned to the mobile station and communication session, from a current RLP mode of operation for the communication session to an RLP mode of operation for the communication session that is different from the current RLP mode of operation, wherein one of the current RLP mode and the different RLP mode of operation is a transparent RLP mode of operation and the other mode is a non-transparent RLP mode of operation, wherein switching from the current RLP mode of operation to the different RLP mode of operation comprises at least one of transmitting from the mobile station to the another device a service request message indicating that the another device should change RLP mode, or receiving at the mobile station from the another device a service request message indicating that the mobile station should change RLP mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.