Patent ID: 7123628
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of processing signals using medium access control sub-layers in a communications system which has a plurality of mobile terminals and a base station, said medium access control sub-layers being respectively provided in said mobile terminals and base station, said method comprising: performing, in each of said medium access control sub-layers, self-basic functions or functions associated with upper layers or a lower layer of said mobile terminals and/or said base station, said performing step being performed if signal processing operations of a corresponding one of said mobile terminals, of said base station, or between said corresponding mobile terminal and said base station are requested; performing a synchronization information of system information broadcasting control operation between said corresponding mobile terminal and said base station, said step of performing said broadcasting control operating including: performing a random access control operation between said corresponding mobile terminal and said base station, said step of performing said random access control operation including: sending a radio resource request message from said corresponding mobile terminal to said base station if said random access control operation between said corresponding mobile terminal and said base station is requested; sending a radio resource request acknowledge message from said base station to said corresponding mobile terminal; sending a radio resource response message from said base station to said corresponding mobile terminal; and transferring a radio resource response reception message to a specific one of said upper layers of said corresponding mobile terminal.