Patent ID: 11956664
Assignee: NEWRACOM, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method by a wireless transmitting device for indicating a partial traffic identifier (PTID) or an access category index (ACI) in a header compression element, the method comprising:
generating a frame that includes the header compression element, wherein the header compression element includes a counter mode with cipher block chaining message authentication code protocol (CCMP) update field that includes a first subfield that is for indicating a PTID of a quality of service (QoS) data frame or an ACI of a QoS management frame and a second subfield indicating whether the first subfield indicates the PTID of the QoS data frame or the ACI of the QoS management frame, wherein the first subfield and the second subfield occupy bits B34 to B37 of the CCMP update field; and
transmitting the frame through a wireless medium.