IP Library Granted Patent US 10,536,376
Granted Patent B2
US 10,536,376 · App. 16/440,851 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Method for transmitting or receiving a MAC PDU in a wireless communication system and a device therefor

Inventors: Sunyoung Lee (Seoul, KR); Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L45/74H04L1/0079H04L5/001H04L61/6022H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 10,536,376
App. No.
16/440,851
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting or receiving a MAC PDU in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: setting a LCID field in a MAC subheader to a first value indicating that an eLCID field is included in the MAC subheader when a MAC PDU including the LCID field and the eLCID field is to be generated, setting the eLCID field to a second value identifying a logical channel of a MAC SDU or a type of a MAC CE, and generating and transmitting the MAC PDU including the LCID field and the eLCID field, and the MAC SDU or the MAC CE.

Claims (46)

1. A method for a device operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including a MAC PDU subheader, the MAC PDU subheader including a first octet followed by a second octet, wherein the first octet is comprised of 8 bits and the second octet is comprised of 8 bits; and

transmitting the generated MAC PDU to a second device in the wireless communication system,

wherein the first octet includes a logical channel identity (LCID) field consisting of 5 bits in end of the first octet, and the second octet includes an extended LCID (eLCID) field comprising more than 5 bits in end of the second octet, and

wherein a specific value among the 5 bits of the LCID field informs the presence of the eLCID field, and the eLCID field identifies a corresponding logical channel of a MAC service data unit (SDU) or a corresponding type of a MAC control element (CE).

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the specific value is set before the one of reserved values of the 5 bits of the LCID field.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the MAC PDU subheader further includes a length field indicating a length of the MAC SDU or the MAC CE, and

wherein the eLCID field is followed by the length field in the MAC PDU subheader.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured by the second device to generate the MAC PDU.

5. A device operating in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively connected to the transceiver, the processor configured for:

generating a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including a MAC PDU subheader, the MAC PDU subheader including a first octet followed by a second octet, wherein the first octet is comprised of 8 bits and the second octet is comprised of 8 bits; and

transmitting the generated MAC PDU to a second device in the wireless communication system,

wherein the first octet includes a logical channel identity (LCID) field consisting of 5 bits in end of the first octet, and the second octet includes an extended LCID (eLCID) field comprising more than 5 bits in end of the second octet, and

wherein a specific value among the 5 bits of the LCID field informs the presence of the eLCID field, and the eLCID field identifies a corresponding logical channel of a MAC service data unit (SDU) or a corresponding type of a MAC control element (CE).

6. The device of claim 5 ,

wherein the specific value is set before the one of reserved values of the 5 bits of the LCID field.

7. The device of claim 5 ,

wherein the MAC PDU subheader further includes a length field indicating a length of the MAC SDU or the MAC CE, and

wherein the eLCID field is followed by the length field in the MAC subheader.

8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the device is configured by the second device to generate the MAC PDU.

9. A method for a device operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second device in the wireless communication system, a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including a MAC PDU subheader, the MAC PDU subheader including a first octet followed by a second octet, wherein the first octet is comprised of 8 bits and the second octet is comprised of 8 bits,

decoding the MAC PDU,

wherein the first octet includes a logical channel identity (LCID) field consisting of 5 bits in end of the first octet, and the second octet includes an extended LCID (eLCID) field comprising more than 5 bits in end of the second octet, and

wherein a specific value among the 5 bits of the LCID field informs the presence of the eLCID field, and the eLCID field identifies a corresponding logical channel of a MAC service data unit (SDU) or a corresponding type of a MAC control element (CE).

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the specific value is set before the one of reserved values of the 5 bits of the LCID field.

11. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the MAC PDU subheader further includes a length field indicating a length of the MAC SDU or the MAC CE, and

wherein the eLCID field is followed by the length field in the MAC subheader.

12. A device operating in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively connected to the transceiver, the processor configured for:

receiving, from a second device in the wireless communication system, a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including a MAC PDU subheader, the MAC PDU subheader including a first octet followed by a second octet, wherein the first octet is comprised of 8 bits and the second octet is comprised of 8 bits,

decoding the MAC PDU,

wherein the first octet includes a logical channel identity (LCID) field consisting of 5 bits in end of the first octet, and the second octet includes an extended LCID (eLCID) field comprising more than 5 bits in end of the second octet, and

wherein a specific value among the 5 bits of the LCID field informs the presence of the eLCID field, and the eLCID field identifies a corresponding logical channel of a MAC service data unit (SDU) or a corresponding type of a MAC control element (CE).

13. The device of claim 12 ,

wherein the specific value is set before the one of reserved values of the 5 bits of the LCID field.

14. The device of claim 12 ,

wherein the MAC PDU subheader further includes a length field indicating a length of the MAC SDU or the MAC CE, and

wherein the eLCID field is followed by the length field in the MAC subheader.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2019
From: LEE, SUNYOUNG; YI, SEUNGJUNE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 049474/0407 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16258151 · Jan 25, 2019
Continuation 15769321
Provisional Application 62256043 · Nov 16, 2015
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