Method and apparatus for adaptive measurement of round-trip time in ARQ protocols and using the same for controlling flow of data in a communication system

摘要

For efficient communications of data across various protocol layers in a communication system (100), a base station (101) receives radio link protocol (RLP) packets (509) of data over a physical layer protocol (505). A processor (401) assembles received RLP packets (509) of data. The processor (401) is configured for determining whether a received RLP packet (509) of data is received out of sequence in a series of RLP packet (509) of data, starting an abort timer associated with a transmitted negative acknowledgment for measuring an elapsed time of the abort timer, determining whether the elapsed time of said abort timer exceeds an abort period of time dynamic threshold that is based on statistical data of periods of time measured for previously received successful retransmissions of RLP packet (509) of data.