Patent ID: 6542490
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A Data Link Control (DLC) protocol for direct support of a network layer protocol, comprising:at a transmit end of a wireless communication system: a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) data planes, a QoS data plane for processing a QoS oriented data packet according to a class of service (CoS), and to provide a radio link protocol data unit (RLP PDU); a QoS processing module for receiving a network layer protocol data packet, converting said network layer protocol data packet into said QoS oriented data packet, and directing said QoS oriented data packet to one of said QoS data planes according to QoS information in said network layer protocol data packet; and an interface between said DLC and a physical layer for receiving said RLP PDU and transmitting same to said physical layer.