Patent ID: 8619582

Claim:
A data processing method for a wireless communication system with a plurality of terminals, an intermediate device and a service network, the method comprising: sending a plurality of machine type communication data flows from the plurality of terminals to a first interface of the intermediate device; performing a data multiplexing operation by the intermediate device on the plurality of machine type communication data flows to generate a multiplexed data flow; and receiving the multiplexed data flow by the service network, wherein the intermediate device comprises a gateway combined with one of the following or the combination thereof: a relay node and a home Node-B, wherein the data multiplexing operation is performed by a data multiplexing layer, the data multiplexing layer being integrated in the one of the following or the combination thereof: the relay node and the home Node-B, wherein the data multiplexing operation comprises a protocol translation of the machine type communication data flows from a first radio access technology to a second radio access technology, and wherein the converted machine type communication data flows are output via a second interface of the intermediate device.