Patent ID: 9485114
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of converging a plurality of communication standards, the method comprising: providing a medium access control (MAC) abstraction sub-layer, wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer is arranged between an upper layer and a plurality of MAC layers of the plurality of communication standards, and the plurality of MAC layers of the plurality of communication standards communicate with the upper layer through the same MAC abstraction sub-laver; and providing a plurality of service management entities (SMEs), each between the MAC abstraction sub-layer and one of the plurality of MAC layers and one of a plurality of physical (PHY) layers of the plurality of communication standards in a control plane; wherein each of the plurality of SMEs one by one corresponds to one of the plurality of MAC layers and one of the plurality of PHY layers; wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer communicates with the plurality of MAC layers and the plurality of PHY layers in the control plane via the corresponding SMEs, and the corresponding SMEs communicate with the MAC abstraction sub-layer via an application programming interface (API).