In the above description, the in-sequence delivery function of the NR RLC devices may mean a function of transferring RLC SDUs received from a lower layer, to an upper layer according to an order. The in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC devices may include a function of, if a single RLC SDU is divided into several RLC SDUs and then the RLC SDUs are received, reassembling the several RLC SDUs and transmitting the reassembled RLC SDUs.
The in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC devices may include a function of rearranging received RLC PDUs with reference to a RLC sequence number (SN) or a PDCP sequence number (SN), may include a function of rearranging an order to record lost RLC PDUs, may include a function of reporting the state of lost RLC PDUs to a transmission side, and may include a function of requesting retransmission of lost RLC PDUs.
The in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC devices may include a function of, if there is a lost RLC SDU, only transferring RLC SDUs before the lost RLC SDU to an upper layer according to an order.
The in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC devices may include a function of, although there is a lost RLC SDU, if a predetermined timer expires, transferring, all the RLC SDUs received before the timer has started, to an upper layer according to an order.
The in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC devices may include a function of, although there is a lost RLC SDU, if a predetermined timer expires, transferring, all the RLC SDUs received until the current time point, to an upper layer according to an order.