Patent ID: 8081662

Claim:
A method for generating a data block at a medium access control, MAC, layer of a transmitting side in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving an upper layer data block from an upper layer; and generating the data block including a MAC header and a MAC payload, wherein the MAC payload comprises at least part of the upper layer data block and the MAC header comprises one or more sub-headers, wherein each of the one or more sub-headers comprises: a LCID (logical channel identifier) field being used to indicate an identifier of a logical channel through which the upper layer data block is received, a 1-bit state indication information field being used to indicate a state of the upper layer data block, wherein the 1-bit value of the state indication information field is interpreted differently according to a value of the LCID field, and a L (length) field being used to indicate a size of the at least part of the upper layer data block, wherein the state indication information field in one of the one or more sub-headers indicates whether the upper layer data block includes a full header or a compressed header when the LCID field in the same sub-header indicates the upper layer data block is received through a logical channel related with an IP packet.