IP Packets, GMM/SM, SMS egsy Sp BE Sy = ey e- 1ck Flows (unidirectional) IP Server SSS Figure 1.2 Packet data transfer in 2.5G GPRS across Radio and Abis interface. ‘These TBFs were short and the size of data blocks was small due to the fact that the blocks must fit the transported data into the frame structure of a 52-multiframe, which is the GSM radio ‘transmission format on the physical layer. Larger Logical Link Control (LLC) frames that contain already segmented IP packets needed to be segmented into smaller Radio Link Control (RIC) blocks. ‘The following tasks are handled by the RLC protocol in 2.5G: