Transmitter apparatus, receiver apparatus, mobile station, radio base station, mobile communication system and mobile communication method
A transmitter apparatus includes an MAC-PDU generator section configured to generate an MAC-PDU by multiplexing information elements in an MAC layer and a first data unit transmitter section configured to transmit the generated MAC-PDU. Each of the information elements is any of an MAC-SDU received from an RLC layer, an MAC control block and Padding. The MAC-PDU generator section is configured to add an MAC header to the first data unit. The MAC header includes a C/T identifying a type of each of the information elements multiplexed into the MAC-PDU and an LI indicating a size of each of the information elements.
1. 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).
2. A method comprising:
receiving a Media Access Control-Protocol Data Unit (MAC-PDU), in which one more information elements are multiplexed and which includes a Media Access Control (MAC) header, in a MAC layer; and extracting, as the information element, a Media Access Control-Service Data Unit (MAC-SDU) in accordance with a first set corresponding to the MAC-SDU from the MAC-PDU, extracting, as the information element, control information in accordance with a second set corresponding to the control information from the MAC-PDU, and extracting, as the information element, padding information in accordance with a third set corresponding to the padding information from the MAC-PDU, when the MAC-header includes the first set, the second set and the third set;
wherein
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 information; 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).
3. A method comprising:
generating, at a mobile station, 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 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).
4. A method comprising:
generating, at a radio base station, 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 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).
5. A method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile station a Media Access Control-Protocol Data Unit (MAC-PDU), in which one or more information elements are multiplexed and which includes a Media Access Control (MAC) header, in a MAC layer; and
extracting, as the information element, a Media Access Control-Service Data Unit (MAC-SDU) in accordance with a first set corresponding to the MAC-SDU from the MAC-PDU, extracting, as the information element, control information in accordance with a second set corresponding to the control information from the MAC-PDU, and extracting, as the information element, padding information in accordance with a third set corresponding to the padding information from the MAC-PDU, when the MAC-header includes the first set, the second set and the third set;
wherein
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).
6. A method comprising:
receiving, at a radio base station a Media Access Control-Protocol Data Unit (MAC-PDU), in which one or more information elements are multiplexed and which includes a Media Access Control (MAC) header, in a MAC layer; and
extracting, as the information element, a Media Access Control-Service Data Unit (MAC-SDU) in accordance with a first set corresponding to the MAC-SDU from the MAC-PDU, extracting, as the information element, control information in accordance with a second set corresponding to the control information from the MAC-PDU, and extracting, as the information element, padding information in accordance with a third set corresponding to the padding information from the MAC-PDU, when the MAC header includes the first set, the second set and the third set;
wherein
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).