MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647107687 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on September 08, 2026, for Handling Of Requests For Importance-Based Packet Data Discard Functions.
Inventors include Koskinen, Henri Markus; Wu, Chunli; and Sebire, Benoist Pierre.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described. The apparatus comprises means for receiving, in a User Equipment, UE, a request to activate or deactivate a data importance- based Service Data Unit, SDU, discard function. The apparatus may comprise means for determining whether, accounting for the request, activation of the data importance-based SDU discard function remains requested by one or more lower layers than a Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, layer. The apparatus may comprise means for setting the data importance-based SDU discard function to an activated or deactivated state, or inhibiting its activation, based on the determination; and/or setting an uplink data split threshold based on the determination. Additionally, or alternatively, the apparatus may comprise means for setting the data importance-based SDU discard function to an activated or deactivated state in dependence on the request, and on a Radio Resource Control, RRC, configuration of an uplink data split threshold.
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