Patent ID: 8498248
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a controller configured to: pack a plurality of Service Data Units (SDUs) from a plurality of connections associated with a Mobile Station (MS) into a single Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU), generate a Generic MAC Header (GMH), and generate, for each SDU, an associated Extended Packing Sub-Header (EPSH); select a single form of error protection to be used to protect at least a portion of the MAC PDU, the selecting being performed according to a priority of: 1) Hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARM), 2) cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and 3) Header Check Sequence (HCS); apply group allocation to the MAC PDU, and mask the form of error protection with a basic connection identifier (CID) associated with a mobile station (MS) associated with the MAC PDU; and apply the selected form of error protection to the MAC PDU; a memory configured to store the MAC PDU; and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the MAC PDU.