Apparatus and method for processing reception frame in a wireless terminal

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for estimating a state of a reception buffer, and processing a downlink frame based on the estimated state of the reception buffer in a wireless terminal. The method includes continuously monitoring a level of a reception buffer; determining based on the level of the reception buffer whether to store the incoming data frame; discarding the incoming data frame when the level of the reception buffer is insufficient for storage of the incoming data frame; and reporting to a transmitter that the incoming data frame has been discarded.