IP Library Granted Patent US 10,608,792
Granted Patent B2
US 10,608,792 · App. 15/827,344 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

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 10,608,792
App. No.
15/827,344
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Node-B may prioritize a service data unit (SDU) associated with a logical channel of a priority queue that is associated with a segmentation component. A Node-B may also prioritize other SDUs associated with another priority queue associated with another segmentation component. The segmentation component may facilitate generating an enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) reordering protocol data unit (PDU) that includes a segment of the SDU to transmit a MAC-ehs PDU on a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH).

Claims (27)

1. A network device comprising:

a processor; and

a transmitter;

wherein the processor is configured:

to prioritize, based on enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) protocol rules, a MAC-ehs service data unit (SDU) associated with a logical channel of a first priority queue associated with a first segmentation function and MAC-ehs SDUs from other logical channels associated with the first priority queue;

to segment, by the first segmentation function based on the MAC-ehs protocol rules, the MAC-ehs SDU for a MAC-ehs reordering protocol data unit (PDU);

to prioritize, based on the MAC-ehs protocol rules, other MAC-ehs SDUs associated with a second priority queue that is associated with a second segmentation function; and

to generate, based on the MAC-ehs protocol rules, a MAC-ehs PDU that includes the MAC-ehs reordering PDU; and

the transmitter is configured to transmit the MAC-ehs PDU on a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH).

2. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the generation of the MAC-ehs PDU is performed by a priority queue multiplexing entity.

3. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the MAC-ehs PDU comprises a plurality of MAC-ehs reordering PDUs.

4. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the MAC-ehs reordering PDU comprises a complete MAC-ehs SDU and the segment of the MAC-ehs SDU.

5. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the first segmentation function segments based on any one of a current channel condition, a selected transport format and resource combination (TFRC), or a size of the MAC-ehs reordering PDU.

6. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the first segmentation function facilitates generation of a first MAC-ehs reordering PDU and a second MAC-ehs reordering PDU to include in the MAC-ehs PDU.

7. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the MAC-ehs PDU comprises a plurality of MAC-ehs reordering PDUs that are each associated with a different priority queue.

8. A method performed by a network device, the method comprising:

prioritizing, based on enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) protocol rules, a MAC-ehs service data unit (SDU) associated with a logical channel of a first priority queue associated with a first segmentation function and MAC-ehs SDUs from other logical channels associated with the first priority queue;

segmenting, by the first segmentation function based on the MAC-ehs protocol rules, the MAC-ehs SDU for a MAC-ehs reordering protocol data unit (PDU);

prioritizing, based on the MAC-ehs protocol rules, other MAC-ehs SDUs associated with a second priority queue that is associated with a second segmentation function;

generating, based on the MAC-ehs protocol rules, a MAC-ehs PDU that includes the MAC-ehs reordering PDU; and

transmitting the MAC-ehs PDU on a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH).

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the generating of the MAC-ehs PDU is performed by a priority queue multiplexing entity.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAC-ehs PDU comprises a plurality of MAC-ehs reordering PDUs.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAC-ehs reordering PDU comprises a complete MAC-ehs SDU and the segment of the MAC-ehs SDU.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first segmentation function segments based on any one of a current channel condition, a selected transport format and resource combination (TFRC), or a size of the MAC-ehs reordering PDU.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising the first segmentation function facilitates generating a first MAC-ehs reordering PDU and a second MAC-ehs reordering PDU to include in the MAC-ehs PDU.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAC-ehs PDU comprises a plurality of MAC-ehs reordering PDUs that are each associated with a different priority queue.

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 (5)
Continuation 15205810 · Jul 8, 2016
Continuation 14213078 · Mar 14, 2014
Continuation 12044285 · Mar 7, 2008
Provisional Application 60893577 · Mar 7, 2007
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