Patent ID: 8331313
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a wireless communication device, the method comprising: the wireless communication device generating a MIHF (media independent handover (MIH) function) frame that includes a type-length-value (TLV) parameter, wherein the TLV parameter includes a type field, a length field, and a value field, the length field indicates a length of the value field, and on a condition that the length of value field is less than 128 octets, the length field consists of one octet, a most significant bit (MSB) of the length field has a value of zero, and seven least significant bits of the length field indicate the length of the value field, on a condition that the length of the value field is exactly 128 octets, the length field consists of one octet, the MSB of the length field has a value of one, and the seven least significant bits of the length field each have a value of zero, and on a condition that the length of the value field is more than 128 octets, the length field includes two or more octets that include a first octet and one or more subsequent octets, a MSB in the first octet in the length field has a value of one, seven least significant bits in the first octet in the length field indicate a length of the one or more subsequent octets, and a value of the one or more subsequent octets, when added to a value of 128, indicate the length of the value field; and the wireless communication device transmitting the frame via a wireless network.