APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING RETRANSMISSION OF DATA PACKETS IN A PACKET RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES A FEEDBACK ACKNOWLEDGMENT SCHEME

摘要

Apparatus, and an associated method, for a frame-formatted radio communication system. Coordination is provided between MAC and RLP layers of a sending station through use of apparatus embodied at the MAC layer of the sending station. Also, apparatus is provided at a receiving station to reduce the generation of RLP layer NAK during segmented RLP frame retransmissions.