Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving status report comprising received status of packet data in a mobile communication system
A method and terminal apparatus for transmitting a status report comprising a received status of packet data in a mobile communication system are provided, in which whether transmission of an implicit Negative Acknowledge (NACK) signal is required for requesting retransmission of at least one non-received data packet whose sequence number is unidentified is determined, if transmission of the implicit NACK signal is required, the implicit NACK signal including a sequence number of the last packet is generated among successfully received data packets, and a status report including the implicit NACK signal is transmitted to the transmitter, and if transmission of the implicit NACK signal is not required, a status report is transmitted to the transmitter including at least one of an ACK signal comprising a sequence number of a successfully received data packet and an explicit NACK signal comprising a sequence number of a non-received data packet whose sequence number is identified.
1. A method for transmitting packet data by a transmitter in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting data segments generated by segmenting a packet data to a receiver; and
if a message for requesting retransmission of at least one data segment among the data segments is received from the receiver, retransmitting the at least one data segment to the receiver,
wherein the data segments are transmitted by using a frame, the frame includes a first packet data unit (PDU), the first PDU includes at least one multiplexing header and at least one second PDU, each of the at least one multiplexing header includes multiplexing information for a corresponding second PDU, and each of the at least one second PDU includes a header for the second PDU and a payload, and
wherein the header for the second PDU includes a sequence number based on a sequence number of a related second PDU, a 1-bit first flag indicating whether a length indicator is included in a corresponding header, the length indicator indicating a length of a corresponding data segment included in the payload, and a 1-bit second flag indicating whether one of another length indicator and the payload is followed.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the header for the second PDU further includes a 1-bit third flag indicating whether a retransmission sub-header is included in the corresponding header, and
wherein the retransmission sub-header includes a starting pointer indicating a position of the corresponding data segment in bytes within the payload of the second PDU, and
a last segment indicator (LSI) indicating whether a last byte of the corresponding data segment corresponds to a last byte of the second PDU.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiplexing information includes a multiplexing identifier (ID) indicating an ID of an entity to which the corresponding second PDU belongs, a length field indicating a size of the corresponding second PDU, and a 1-bit fourth flag indicating whether one of other multiplexing information and another second PDU is followed.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the length indicator is included in the corresponding header for the second PDU when a last part of a corresponding packet data is included in the payload.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the data segments has a size being variably set according to a channel status.
6. An apparatus for transmitting packet data in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a data transmitter for transmitting data segments generated by segmenting a packet data to a receiver, and if a message for requesting retransmission of at least one data segment is received from the receiver, retransmitting the at least one data segment to the receiver,
wherein the data segments are transmitted by using a frame, the frame includes a first packet data unit (PDU), the first PDU includes at least one multiplexing header and at least one second PDU, each of the at least one multiplexing header includes multiplexing information for a corresponding second PDU, and each of the at least one second PDU includes a header for the second PDU and a payload, and
wherein the header for the second PDU includes a sequence number based on a sequence number of a related second PDU, a 1-bit first flag indicating whether a length indicator is included in a corresponding header, the length indicator indicating a length of a corresponding data segment included in the payload, and a 1-bit second flag indicating whether one of another length indicator and the payload is followed.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the header for the second PDU further includes a 1-bit third flag indicating whether a retransmission sub-header is included in the corresponding header, and
wherein the retransmission sub-header includes a starting pointer indicating a position of the corresponding data segment in bytes within the payload of the second PDU, and
a last segment indicator (LSI) indicating whether a last byte of the corresponding data segment corresponds to a last byte of the second PDU.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the multiplexing information includes a multiplexing identifier (ID) indicating an ID of an entity to which the corresponding second PDU belongs, a length field indicating a size of the corresponding second PDU, and a 1-bit fourth flag indicating whether one of other multiplexing information and another second PDU is followed.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the length indicator is included in the corresponding header for the second PDU when a last part of a corresponding packet data is included in the payload.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein each of the data segments has a size being variably set according to a channel status.
11. A method for receiving packet data by a receiver in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a transmitter, data segments generated by segmenting a packet data; and
transmitting, to the transmitter, a message for requesting retransmission of at least one data segment among the data segments,
wherein the data segments are transmitted by using a frame, the frame includes a first packet data unit (PDU), the first PDU includes at least one multiplexing header and at least one second PDU, each of the at least one multiplexing header includes multiplexing information for a corresponding second PDU, and each of the at least one second PDU includes a header for the second PDU and a payload, and
wherein the header for the second PDU includes a sequence number based on a sequence number of a related second PDU, a 1-bit first flag indicating whether a length indicator is included in a corresponding header, the length indicator indicating a length of a corresponding data segment included in the payload, and a 1-bit second flag indicating whether another length indicator or the payload is followed.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the header for the second PDU further includes a 1-bit third flag indicating whether a retransmission sub-header is included in the corresponding header, and
wherein the retransmission sub-header includes a starting pointer indicating a position of the corresponding data segment in bytes within the payload of the second PDU, and
a last segment indicator (LSI) indicating whether a last byte of the corresponding data segment corresponds to a last byte of the second PDU.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the multiplexing information includes a multiplexing identifier (ID) indicating an ID of an entity to which the corresponding second PDU belongs, a length field indicating a size of the corresponding second PDU, and a 1-bit fourth flag indicating whether one of other multiplexing information and another second PDU is followed.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the length indicator is included in the corresponding header for the second PDU when a last part of a corresponding packet data is included in the payload.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the data segments has a size being set according to a channel status.
16. An apparatus for receiving packet data in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a data transceiver for receiving, from a transmitter, data segments generated by segmenting a packet data, and transmitting, to the transmitter, a message for requesting retransmission of at least one data segment,
wherein the data segments are transmitted by using a frame, the frame includes a first packet data unit (PDU), the first PDU includes at least one multiplexing header and at least one second PDU, each of the at least one multiplexing header includes multiplexing information for a corresponding second PDU, and each of the at least one second PDU includes a header for the second PDU and a payload, and
wherein the header for the second PDU includes a sequence number based on a sequence number of a related second PDU, a 1-bit first flag indicating whether a length indicator is included in a corresponding header, the length indicator indicating a length of a corresponding data segment included in the payload, and a 1-bit second flag indicating whether another length indicator or the payload is followed.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the header for the second PDU further includes a 1-bit third flag indicating whether a retransmission sub-header is included in the corresponding header, and
wherein the retransmission sub-header includes a starting pointer indicating a position of the corresponding data segment in bytes within the payload of the second PDU, and
a last segment indicator (LSI) indicating whether a last byte of the corresponding data segment corresponds to a last byte of the second PDU.
18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the multiplexing information includes a multiplexing identifier (ID) indicating an ID of an entity to which the corresponding second PDU belongs, a length field indicating a size of the corresponding second PDU, and a 1-bit fourth flag indicating whether one of other multiplexing information and another second PDU is followed.
19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the length indicator is included in the corresponding header for the second PDU when a last part of a corresponding packet data is included in the payload.
20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein each of the data segments has a size being set according to a channel status.