Communication system, communication device, base station and method thereof for D2D communications
A method for transmitting a plurality of data packets is disclosed. The method includes: receiving one or more first medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) which include a plurality of radio link control (RLC) PDUs intended for a destination UE from a source UE; demultiplexing the first MAC PDUs to retrieve the RLC PDUs based on a header field of each first MAC PDU; generating a plurality of RLC PDU segments from one or more of the RLC PDUs or a plurality of RRLC (Relay RLC) PDUs from all of the RLC PDUs according to one or more MAC PDU sizes, wherein the RRLC is a protocol layer between the MAC layer and the RLC layer; multiplexing the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments or the RRLC PDUs into one or more second MAC PDUs; and transmitting the second MAC PDUs to the destination UE.
1. A communication device for transmitting a plurality of data packets in a wireless network, at least comprising:
a control circuit;
a processor installed in the control circuit;
a memory installed in the control circuit and coupled to the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to execute a program code stored in memory to:
receive one or more first medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) which include a plurality of radio link control (RLC) PDUs intended for a destination user equipment (UE) from a source UE of the wireless network;
demultiplex the first MAC PDUs to retrieve the RLC PDUs based on a header field of each first MAC PDU;
generate a plurality of RLC PDU segments from one or more of the RLC PDUs or a plurality of RRLC (Relay RLC) PDUs from all of the RLC PDUs according to one or more MAC PDU sizes, wherein the RRLC is a protocol layer between the MAC layer and the RLC layer;
multiplex the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments or the RRLC PDUs into one or more second MAC PDUs; and
transmit the second MAC PDUs to the destination UE.
2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one of the RLC PDU segments is generated by re-segmenting a data field of one of the RLC PDUs and adding re-segmentation information to a header field of the one of the RLC PDUs according to one of the MAC PDU sizes.
3. The communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the RRLC PDUs are generated by segmenting and concatenating the RLC PDUs and adding a header including segmentation and concatenation information to each RRLC PDU according to the MAC PDU sizes.
4. The communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the MAC PDU sizes are obtained according to one or more resource grants transmitted from a base station.
5. The communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments or the RRLC PDUs are multiplexed into the second MAC PDUs according to a priority.
6. The communication device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the priority is based on a first-in first-out (FIFO) principle or quality of service (QoS) parameters.
7. A method for transmitting a plurality of data packets in a wireless network, used in a communication device, comprising:
receiving one or more first medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) which include a plurality of radio link control (RLC) PDUs intended for a destination user equipment (UE) from a source UE of the wireless network;
demultiplexing the first MAC PDUs to retrieve the RLC PDUs based on a header field of each first MAC PDU;
generating a plurality of RLC PDU segments from one or more of the RLC PDUs or a plurality of RRLC (Relay RLC) PDUs from all of the RLC PDUs according to one or more MAC PDU sizes, wherein the RRLC is a protocol layer between the MAC layer and the RLC layer;
multiplexing the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments or the RRLC PDUs into one or more second MAC PDUs; and
transmitting the second MAC PDUs to the destination UE.
8. The method for transmitting a plurality of data packets as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the one of the RLC PDU segments is generated by re-segmenting a data field of one of the RLC PDUs and adding re-segmentation information to a header field of the one of the RLC PDUs according to one of the MAC PDU sizes.
9. The method for transmitting a plurality of data packets as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the RRLC PDUs is generated by segmenting and concatenating the RLC PDUs and adding a header including segmentation and concatenation information to each RRLC PDU according to the MAC PDU sizes.
10. The method for transmitting a plurality of data packets as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the MAC PDU sizes are obtained according to one or more resource grants transmitted from a base station.
11. The method for transmitting a plurality of data packets as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments or the RRLC PDUs are multiplexed into the second MAC PDUs according to a priority.
12. The method for transmitting a plurality of data packets as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the priority is based on a first-in first-out (FIFO) principle or quality of service (QoS) parameters.