Patent ID: 7706342
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: providing in a forward data packet, in a Media Access Control (MAC) Layer generated from a base station, a MAC header sequence and a MAC payload sequence subsequent to the MAC header sequence, wherein the MAC header sequence includes mobile station identification information to identify one or more mobile stations, and the MAC payload sequence includes data packets directed to the one or more mobile stations; including in the MAC header sequence one or more first MAC index fields that are respectively assigned first MAC index values up to a maximum MAC index value to identify respective mobile stations; including in the MAC header sequence one or more second MAC index fields that are respectively assigned second MAC index values greater than the maximum MAC index value; and including a redirect MAC index field in the MAC header sequence at a position in time prior to the first MAC index fields and the second MAC index fields to direct a target mobile station to read the one or more first MAC index fields when the target mobile station is assigned a MAC index value less than the maximum MAC index value and to read the one or more second MAC index fields when the target mobile is assigned a MAC index value greater than the maximum MAC index value, wherein the redirect MAC index value is not used to identify a particular mobile station.