| abstract |
A second timer is started upon sending a negative acknowledge status indicator. Sending of negative acknowledge status indicators is inhibited while the second timer is running, and un-inhibited/resumed upon expiry of the second timer. A first timer is started upon sending an acknowledge status indicator. Sending of acknowledge status indicators is inhibited while the first timer is running, and un-inhibited/resumed upon expiry of the first timer. The timer durations may be related but operation of the first timer and the second timer is independent of one another. In a specific example the first timer is an ACK status prohibit timer, the second timer is a NACK status prohibit timer, the acknowledge status indicator is a status PDU with ACK super-field, and the negative acknowledge status indicator is a status PDU with List, Bitmap, Relative List super-field. |