Patent ID: 8358643
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method, comprising: communicating data between a Radio Resource Control (RRC) and a Medium Access Control (MAC) using at least one Signalling Radio Bearer, identifying, upon arrival at the MAC, respective indSRBs based on the iSRB, wherein the communicating further comprises communicating, as part of the iSRB, a Protocol Discriminator (PD) for identifying, at any one time, which one of the indSRBs the iSRB is being used in place of, wherein the PD comprises binary digits that are additional to binary digits normally comprised in an indSRB, wherein the PD comprises additional binary digits on one of ends of the iSRB, wherein the additional binary digits are on a right end of the iSRB, wherein the additional binary digits comprise two binary digits, and wherein respective PDs to identify which one of the indSRBs is being represented by the iSRB at any one time comprise: