Adjusting link layer control frame to facilitate data throughput

1. A base station subsystem comprising:

a base transceiver station;

a packet channel unit in communication with the base transceiver station; and

a logic in communication with the base transceiver station, the logic for

detecting a change in a condition of a communication channel,

determining, in order to accommodate the change in the condition of the communication channel, an adjustment to a modulation and coding scheme for data in a wireless communication system,

determining an adjusted radio layer control frame size to reflect the adjustment to the modulation and coding scheme,

determining, based on the adjusted radio layer control frame size, an adjusted link layer control frame size so that radio layer control frames having the adjusted radio layer control frame size that are encoded with a link layer control frame having the adjusted link layer control frame size fit into an integral number of radio blocks without unused data space in the radio blocks, thereby maintaining efficiency of an overall data throughput, and

communicating, to a switching system, the adjusted link layer control frame size to facilitate a change in a link layer control frame size to reflect the adjusted link layer control frame size, such that the overall data throughput is enhanced.

2. The base station subsystem of claim 1 , further comprising an antenna in communication with the base transceiver station.

3. The base station subsystem of claim 1 , wherein the logic is further for monitoring the condition of the communication channel.

4. The base station subsystem of claim 1 , wherein the change in the condition of the communication channel comprises at least one of a channel bit error rate change, a noise level change, and a data throughput change.

5. The base station subsystem of claim 1 , wherein the link layer control frame includes one of multiple frames representing an Internet Protocol data packet.

6. The base station subsystem of claim 1 , wherein the adjusted link layer control frame size is smaller than the link layer control frame size.

7. The base station subsystem of claim 1 , wherein the logic is further for communicating, to the switching system, the adjusted radio layer control frame size.

8. A system comprising:

a base station subsystem;

a switching system coupled with the base station subsystem; and

a logic on the base station subsystem, the logic for

detecting a change in a condition of a communication channel,

determining, in order to accommodate the change in the condition of the communication channel, an adjustment to a modulation and coding scheme for data in a wireless communication system,

determining an adjusted radio layer control frame size to reflect the adjustment to the modulation and coding scheme,

determining, based on the adjusted radio layer control frame size, an adjusted link layer control frame size so that radio layer control frames having the adjusted radio layer control frame size that are encoded with a link layer control frame having the adjusted link layer control frame size fit into an integral number of radio blocks without unused data space in the radio blocks, thereby maintaining efficiency of an overall data throughput, and

communicating to the switching system, the adjusted link layer control frame size to facilitate a change in a link layer control frame size to reflect the adjusted link layer control frame size, such that the overall data throughput is enhanced.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the switching system includes a switching GSM network element.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the switching system includes a mobile switching center.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the logic is further for monitoring the condition of the communication channel.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the link layer control frame includes one of multiple frames representing an Internet Protocol data packet.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the adjusted link layer control frame size is smaller than the link layer control frame size.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the logic is further for communicating the adjusted radio layer control frame size to the switching system.

15. A method comprising:

detecting, by a base station subsystem, a change in a condition of a communication channel;

determining, by the base station subsystem in order to accommodate the change in the condition of the communication channel, an adjustment to a modulation and coding scheme for data in a wireless communication system;

determining, by the base station subsystem, an adjusted radio layer control frame size to reflect the adjustment to the modulation and coding scheme;

determining, by the base station subsystem based on the adjusted radio layer control frame size, an adjusted link layer control frame size so that radio layer control frames having the adjusted radio layer control frame size that are encoded with a link layer control frame having the adjusted link layer control frame size fit into an integral number of radio blocks without unused data space in the radio blocks, thereby maintaining efficiency of an overall data throughput; and

communicating, by the base station subsystem to a switching system, the adjusted link layer control frame size to facilitate a change in a link layer control frame size to reflect the adjusted link layer control frame size, such that the overall data throughput is enhanced.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising monitoring the condition of the communication channel.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the change in the condition of the communication channel comprises at least one of a channel bit error rate change, a noise level change, and a data throughput change.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the link layer control frame includes one of multiple frames representing an Internet Protocol data packet.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the adjusted link layer control frame size is smaller than the link layer control frame size.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising communicating the adjusted radio layer control frame size to the switching system.