Patent SG-11201903598W-A (SG)
Title: Method and apparatus for asymmetrical up-link/down-link protocol stack and frame structure in a 5g nr communication system
Inventor: SHAHEEN KAMEL M
IPC: H04W28/06
Filed: 2017-10-30
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD 1101111 0 DOI HIM 011101 0 0111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2018/085201 Al 11 May 2018 (11.05.2018) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventor: SHAHEEN, Kamel M.; 3624 NW Oregon Ct., H04W 28/06 (2009.01) Camas, Washington 98607 (US). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: AUSTIN, Wesley L.; Austin Rapp & Hardman, 170 PCT/US2017/059054 South Main Street, Suite 735, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 (22) International Filing Date: (US). 30 October 2017 (30.10.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) Priority Data: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 62/415,959 01 November 2016 (01.11.2016) US KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, INC. [US/US]; 5750 NW Pacific Rim Boulevard, Camas, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, Washington 98607 (US). SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. _ (54) Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASYMMETRICAL UP-LINK/DOWN-LINK PROTOCOL STACK AND FRAME STRUCTURE IN A 5G NR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM = = = = NR PDCP NR RLC-2 NR PDCP NR RLC-2 = NR MAC-2 LTE-PHY-2 1 NR MAC-2 NR-PHY-2 = = NR RX2 NR TX1 NR TX2 NR RX1 = _ NR PDCP NR RLC-1 NR PDCP NR RLC-1 = = NR MAC-1 NR-PHY-1 NR MAC-1 NR-PHY-1 = = NR gNB 1460 NR UE 1402 NR Asymmetrical Protocol Structure = FIG. 14 ,-, Il (57) : A 5G NR user equipment (UE) and 5G NR based station (gNB) for transmitting and receiving NR User Plane data 0 \" traffic and NR Control Plane data are described. Both, the UE and gNB include processor memory in electronic communication with the III) processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to process received downlink (DL) packets according to receive Medium Ot Access Control (MAC) Protocol and/or Received Radio Link Control (RLC) Protocol. The instructions are also executable to process —. uplink (UL) packets for transmission according to transmit MAC and/or RLC protocols. The Transmit MAC frame structure and/or GC RLC frame structure are/is different in formats than those from Receive MAC and/or RLC frame structure at each end (i.e., at the UE 1-1 © and/or at the gNB). In the Up-link (UL), the MAC CE is transmitted at the end of the frame while for the Down-link (DL) the MAC ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/085201 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREIDIONIMBEIDEIMMENVOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) CE is transmitted at beginning of the frame.