BR0010924A - Melhorias de protocolo de link de rádio para canais de dados sem fio de capacidade dinâmica - Google Patents

Melhorias de protocolo de link de rádio para canais de dados sem fio de capacidade dinâmica

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BR0010924A
BR0010924A BR0010924-0A BR0010924A BR0010924A BR 0010924 A BR0010924 A BR 0010924A BR 0010924 A BR0010924 A BR 0010924A BR 0010924 A BR0010924 A BR 0010924A
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radio link
link protocol
sequence
wireless data
data channels
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Nischal Abrol
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Qualcomm Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/0078—Avoidance of errors by organising the transmitted data in a format specifically designed to deal with errors, e.g. location
    • H04L1/0083—Formatting with frames or packets; Protocol or part of protocol for error control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/12—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel
    • H04L1/16—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
    • H04L1/1607—Details of the supervisory signal
    • H04L1/1642—Formats specially adapted for sequence numbers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/12—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel
    • H04L1/16—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
    • H04L1/18—Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
    • H04L1/1809—Selective-repeat protocols
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L9/00—Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols
    • H04L9/40—Network security protocols
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/30—Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks
    • H04L69/32—Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
    • H04L69/322—Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions
    • H04L69/324—Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W28/00—Network traffic management; Network resource management
    • H04W28/02—Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
    • H04W28/06—Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing, discarding information

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Communication Control (AREA)
  • Detection And Prevention Of Errors In Transmission (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)

Abstract

Patente de Invenção: "MELHORIAS DE PROTOCOLO DE LINK DE RáDIO PARA CANAIS DE DADOS SEM FIO DE CAPACIDADE DINâMICA". Um método e um sistema aperfeiçoados para transmissão de um fluxo de bytes de dados através de um canal (506A, 506b) cuja capacidade pode mudar durante a transmissão. Pela utilização de regiões seletivas do espaço de número de seq³ência, o protocolo de rádio link (RLP radio link protocol) aperfeiçoado (140, 142, 144) propicia os benefícios de grandes números de seq³ência de bytes, enquanto transmitindo uma fração dos bits de número de seq³ência na maioria dos frames através do ar. os números de seq³ência de cabeçalho de frames são encurtados pela divisão do número de seq³ência de bytes por um tamanho de página e efetuando-se um função módulo sobre o número de seq³ência de bytes.
BRPI0010924-0A 1999-05-27 2000-05-26 Método, sistema e transmissor para transmissão de um fluxo de bytes de informação, bem como, método e receptor para recepção de um fluxo de bytes de informação BR0010924B1 (pt)

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US09/321,296 1999-05-27
US09/321,296 US6507582B1 (en) 1999-05-27 1999-05-27 Radio link protocol enhancements for dynamic capacity wireless data channels
PCT/US2000/014699 WO2000074259A2 (en) 1999-05-27 2000-05-26 Sequence numbering of data packets

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BR0010924A true BR0010924A (pt) 2002-04-02
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