Patent ID: 8737421
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing wireless communication using Medium Access Control Protocol Data Units (MAC PDUs), the method comprising: identifying at least one characteristic of a service flow; selecting, from a plurality of MAC PDU headers, and based on the identified at least one characteristic, a MAC PDU header that corresponds to a Service Data Unit (SDU) fragmentation scheme, wherein the selected MAC PDU header includes a field whose value indicates a location of one or more SDU fragments that are included within a payload of a MAC PDU to which the selected MAC PDU header will be assigned; encapsulating service flow data as SDU fragments into payloads of one or more MAC PDUs, wherein each of the one or more MAC PDUs includes the selected MAC PDU header, and the field of the selected MAC PDU header is assigned a value based on how the SDU fragments are placed within the payload; and wirelessly transmitting the encapsulated service flow data using the one or more MAC PDUs.