Patent ID: 8260287
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless communication system that employs a layered radio interface protocol, an apparatus comprising: a first entity associated with a layer of the radio interface protocol; and two second entities associated with another layer of the radio interface protocol, the two second entities in communication with the first entity, wherein packets communicated between the first entity and a first one of the second entities are transmitted in a first direction from the first entity to the first one of the second entities and packets communicated between the first entity and a second one of the second entities are transmitted in a second direction from the second one of the second entities to the first entity, and wherein packet retransmission is unsupported, wherein, the first direction is a downlink direction and the second direction is an uplink direction, if the first entity and two second entities are located in a network, or the first direction is the uplink direction and the second direction is the downlink direction if the first entity and two second entities are located in a terminal.