Patent ID: 6477670
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A Data Link Layer (DLL) protocol for direct support of a network layer protocol in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), comprising:at a transmitting end of the UMTS, a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) planes, each of said QoS planes processing a QoS oriented data packet according to a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement, and providing a radio link control (RLC) frame; a subflow processing module for receiving a network layer protocol data packet, converting said network layer protocol data packet into said QoS oriented data packet, and directing said QoS oriented data packet to one of said QoS planes according to QoS information in said network layer protocol data packet; and an interface between a Data Link Layer and a physical layer for receiving said RLC frame and transmitting same to said physical layer.