Apparatus for optimizing radio link control

Abstract

A system and method is provided for inserting in a radio link control entity, at least one service data unit to a protocol data unit of an appropriate size. The method also includes providing at least one indicator including a length indicator for indicating that a first data octet of the protocol data unit is a first octet of a first service data unit and at least one other octet of the protocol data unit is the last octet of another service data unit, the first service data unit being either the same or different from the other service data unit.