Patent ID: 8116292

Claim:
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising: a receiver configured to receive at least one serving grant and at least one non-scheduled grant, wherein the at least one serving grant is a grant for scheduled data transmission and the at least one non-scheduled grant is a grant for non-scheduled data transmission; a multiplexing device configured to multiplex data of medium access control dedicated channel (MAC-d) flows into a medium access control enhanced dedicated channel (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU); wherein the MAC-e PDU has a size not greater than the size of the largest enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination (E-TFC) that does not exceed a first size based at least on the at least one serving grant and the at least one non-scheduled grant, wherein the multiplexed data includes scheduled data for transmission; an E-TFC selection device configured to select an E-TFC for transmission of the MAC-e PDU, wherein the selected E-TFC does not exceed the first size; and a transmitter configured to transmit the MAC-e PDU processed in accordance with the selected E-TFC.