METHOD AND APPARATUS PRIORITISING STATUS MESSAGES (EG ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC H04W36/02 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: at time intervals over which transmission of status messages is desired, respective signalling information associated with a set of radio bearers is configured to be transmitted prior to data transmission. The receiving side can obtain the status signalling information, allowing to avoid unnecessary bandwidth and/or memory usage associated with re-transmission of information. Status information can be prioritised by the use of separate status bearers, respective indicators provided within information elements queued on respective radio bearers, containing status information.

EFFECT: preventing data loss and avoiding unnecessary data retransmission.

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