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`EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`1. (Currently Amended) A wireless network comprising:
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`a circuit located in the wireless network, wherein the circuit buffers segments of transfer
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`communication protocol (TCP) data for downlink (DL) transmission;
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`a transmitter arranged to transmit the buffered segments of TCP data to a user equipment
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`the circuit is further configured to count a number of transmitted segments of TCP data;
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`wherein the circuit is further configured, in response to the count exceeding a
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`predetermined number, to transmit a message that indicates an allocation of uplink resources to
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`transfer an uplink segment and the allocation of uplink resources is sufficient to have information
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`indicating acknowledgment; and
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`wherein the circuit is further configured to receive, in response to the uplink resources,
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`the uplink segment which includes th_e information indicating acknowledgment of receipt of the
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`2.
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`(Previously Presented) The wireless network of claim 1 wherein the
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`allocation of uplink resources are resources of a shared channel.
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`3.
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`(Previously Presented) The wireless network of claim 1 wherein the circuit
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`is further configured to transmit an allocation of downlink resources and an allocation of uplink
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`resources at a substantially a same time and wherein the allocation of uplink resources is at a
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`time interval delayed with respect to the allocation of downlink resources.
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`4.
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`(Previously Presented) The wireless network of claim 1 wherein the
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`information indicating acknowledgement of receipt of the transmitted segments of TCP data is a
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`stand—alone acknowledgement.
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`5.
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`(Previously Presented) The wireless network of claim 1 wherein other data
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`is received with the uplink segment.
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`6.
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`(Canceled)
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`7.
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`(Previously Presented) The wireless network of claim 1 wherein at least
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`one of the circuit or the transmitter is included in at least one of a base station, Node—B, or radio
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`network controller (RNC).
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`8.
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`(Currently Amended) A method performed by a network, the method comprising:
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`buffering, by the network, segments of transfer communication protocol (TCP) data for
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`downlink (DL) transmission;
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`transmitting, by the network, the buffered segments of TCP data to a user equipment
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`(UE);
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`counting, by the network, a number of transmitted segments of TCP data;
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`transmitting, in response to the count exceeding a predetermined number, a message that
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`indicates an allocation of uplink resources to transfer an uplink segment and the allocation of
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`uplink resources is sufficient to have information indicating acknowledgment; and
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`receiving, in response to the uplink resources, the uplink segment which includes th_e
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`information indicating acknowledgment of receipt of the transmitted segments of TCP data.
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`9.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein the allocation of
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`uplink resources are resources of a shared channel.
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`10.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein further comprising:
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`transmitting, by the network, an allocation of downlink resources and an allocation of
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`uplink resources at a substantially a same time and wherein the allocation of uplink resources is
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`at a time interval delayed with respect to the allocation of downlink resources.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein the information
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`indicating acknowledgement of receipt of the transmitted segments of TCP data is a stand—alone
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`acknowledgement.
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`12.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein other data is
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`14.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein at least one of the
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`buffering segments, transmitting the buffered segments, counting the number, transmitting the
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`message, or receiving the uplink segment is performed by at least one of a base station, Node—B,
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