Patent ID: 9743419
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for communication between a user equipment (UE) and a node B in a communication system, the method comprising: generating, by the UE, a media access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) comprising at least one media access control service data unit (MAC SDU) and at least one field related to an amount of data, wherein each of the at least one field related to the amount of data corresponds to a respective identifier, and the at least one field related to the amount of data is placed prior to the at least one MAC SDU in the MAC PDU; transmitting the MAC PDU comprising the at least one MAC SDU and the at least one field related to the amount of data to the node B; receiving grant information from the node B; and transmitting data to the node B based on the grant information.