Patent ID: 8634312

Claim:
A method of generating a protocol data unit (PDU) in wireless communication system, comprising: receiving at least one service data unit (SDU) from an upper layer to generate the protocol data unit; determining whether single byte or two byte padding is required to complete the generation of the protocol data unit; and inserting at least one padding indicator into the protocol data unit in order to indicate the single or two byte padding if the single byte or two byte padding is determined to be required, wherein the at least one padding indicator is added into a header of the PDU, wherein the header includes at least Logical Channel Identifier (LCID) field to identify a logical channel of the received SDU and a Length (L) field to indicate a length of the received SDU in bytes, wherein the at least one padding indicator is set with a specific value in the LCID field, wherein the service data unit is a Medium Access Control (MAC) SDU, the protocol data unit is a Medium Access Control (MAC) PDU, and the header of the PDU is a MAC PDU header, wherein the MAC PDU header includes one or more MAC PDU sub-headers, and wherein one or two MAC PDU sub-headers corresponding to the single byte or two byte padding are inserted before a first MAC PDU sub-header corresponding to the MAC SDU when the single byte or two byte padding is required but cannot be achieved by padding at end of the MAC PDU.