IP Library Granted Patent US 9,843,421
Granted Patent B2
US 9,843,421 · App. 15/205,810 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

Generating and processing MAC-ehs protocol data units

Inventors: Diana Pani (Montreal, CA); Christopher R. Cave (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Stephen E. Terry (Northport, NY)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
H04L1/1887H04L1/1812H04L49/90H04L61/6022H04L69/324H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 9,843,421
App. No.
15/205,810
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may disassemble enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) protocol data units (PDUs) to provide reordering PDUs. A reordering PDU may include a MAC-ehs service data unit (SDU) or a segment of the MAC-ehs SDU. The WTRU may reassemble the MAC-ehs SDU from segments of the MAC-ehs SDU disassembled from a reordering PDU. The WTRU may route the reassembled MAC-ehs SDU to a logical channel of a plurality of logical channels.

Claims (20)

1. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving, by a transceiver of the WTRU via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH), enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) protocol data units (PDUs), wherein the MAC-ehs PDUs are provided to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) function at a MAC-ehs process at a processor of the WTRU;

disassembling, by a disassembly entity at the MAC-ehs process, the MAC-ehs PDUs to provide reordering PDUs, wherein one or more of the reordering PDUs include a MAC-ehs service data unit (SDU) or a segment of the MAC-ehs SDU;

distributing, by a reordering queue distribution function at the MAC-ehs process, the one or more reordering PDUs to a reordering queue based on one or more logical channel identities;

organizing, at the reordering queue at the MAC-ehs process, the one or more reordering PDUs based on at least one transmission sequence number (TSN);

reassembling, by a reassembly entity at the MAC-ehs process, the MAC-ehs SDU from segments of the MAC-ehs SDU disassembled from the one or more reordering PDUs; and

routing the reassembled MAC-ehs SDU to a logical channel of a plurality of logical channels.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

the reassembling reassembles segmented MAC-ehs SDUs to a different MAC-ehs SDU for every reordering PDU.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reordering PDUs each comprise a complete MAC-ehs SDU and segments of MAC-ehs SDUs.

4. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH), enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) protocol data units (PDUs), wherein the MAC-ehs PDUs are provided to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) function at a MAC-ehs process;

a processor configured to disassemble, with a disassembly entity at the MAC-ehs process, the MAC-ehs PDUs to provide reordering PDUs, wherein one or more of the reordering PDUs include a MAC-ehs service data unit (SDU) or a segment of the MAC-ehs SDU;

the processor configured to distribute, by a reordering queue distribution function at the MAC-ehs process, the one or more reordering PDUs to a reordering queue based on one or more logical channel identities;

the processor configured to organize, at the reordering queue at the MAC-ehs process, the one or more reordering PDUs based on at least one transmission sequence number (TSN);

the processor configured to reassemble, with a reassembly entity at the MAC-ehs process, the MAC-ehs SDU from segments of the MAC-ehs SDU disassembled from the one or more reordering PDUs; and

the processor configured to route the reassembled MAC-ehs SDU to a logical channel of a plurality of logical channels.

5. The WTRU of claim 4 wherein:

the processor is further configured to reassemble segmented MAC-ehs SDUs to a different MAC-ehs SDU for every reordering PDU.

6. The WTRU of claim 4 , wherein the reordering PDUs each comprise a complete MAC-ehs SDU and segments of MAC-ehs SDUs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2025
From: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 14213078 · Mar 14, 2014
Continuation 12044285 · Mar 7, 2008
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