A method, system and transmitting side protocol entity is disclosed for
sending packet data units for unacknowledged mode services in a mobile
communication network. A retransmission parameter is set to a desired
value in order to prevent retransmission of packet data units in a
handover situation. The transmitting side acknowledged mode radio link
control entity purges from the retransmission buffer based on status
reports from a user equipment. The packet data units that have been
acknowledged by user equipment. A status report includes the sequence
number of the highest packet data unit expected by the user equipment,
and therefore the status report indicates the sequence number of the
radio link control packet data units that have been received at the user
equipment (either correctly or incorrectly). All the remaining packet
data units in the retransmission buffer are scheduled for transmission
and transmitted to the new node.