Patent ID: 8400962

Claim:
A method comprising: generating a Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including a MAC header, by multiplexing one or more information elements in a MAC layer; wherein the MAC header comprises a first set corresponding to a Media Access Control-Service Data Unit (MAC-SDU) received from a higher layer of the MAC layer, a second set corresponding to control information and a third set corresponding to padding information, when multiplexing, as the information elements, the MAC-SDU, the control information and the padding information; each of the first set, the second set and the third set is formed by a format including identification information and information indicating whether each of the first set, the second set and the third set is positioned at the end of the MAC header or not; first identification information included in the first set is information identifying the MAC-SDU; second identification information included in the second set is information identifying the control information; third identification information included in the third set is information identifying the padding information; the control information includes one or more elements including an ID indicating a type of the control information and an information piece, and a first information element information identifies a MAC-SDU corresponding to a Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH), information identifying a MAC-SDU corresponding to a Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH), and information identifying a MAC-SDU corresponding to a Common Control Channel (CCCH).