METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ADAPTIVE SEQUENCE NUMBERING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus of adaptive sequence numbering in a wireless communication system includes determining whether or not a packet to be transmitted will be segmented. Based upon the segmentation determination, a determination as to whether or not to include a radio link controller (RLC) specific automatic repeat request (ARQ) sequence number (SN) to the packet is made. An indicator is added to indicate whether or not the RLC-specific ARQ SN is included in the packet. The packet is transmitted, and an acknowledgment (ACK) is received for the transmitted packet.