Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving multiuser packet in a mobile communication system
An apparatus and method is provided for generating one packet with transmission data and transmitting the packet from an access network transceiver system (ANTS) to a plurality of access terminals (ATs) in a mobile communication system including the ATs and the ANTS which are capable of performing packet data communication with ATs located in coverage thereof. The method includes the steps of generating a medium access control (MAC) header including information on a receiving AT's address, a length and format for transmission data, generating a MAC payload, by consecutively connecting data units to be transmitted to the receiving AT, and generating a MAC trailer. The ANTS pads ‘0’ bits to the MAC header if a predetermined MAC size is greater than a sum of lengths of the MAC header, the MAC payload and the MAC trailer.
1. A method for transmitting a medium access control (MAC) packet in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
generating a MAC packet comprising a MAC header and a MAC payload; and
transmitting the MAC packet to a plurality of terminals on a channel,
wherein the MAC header is a variable size, and comprises at least n first info fields and one second info field,
wherein each of n first info fields includes an identifier field associated with one of the plurality of terminals, where n is a natural number, and the one second info field does not include the identifier field and is placed on one edge within the MAC header,
wherein the MAC header is octet aligned and each of the n first info fields is one octet,
wherein the MAC payload comprises n packets, an i-th packet corresponds to a i-th first info field among the n first info fields, where i is one value of 1, 2, . . . , n, and
wherein a padding is located after the n-th packet optionally and a length of the padding is based on the variable size of the MAC header and a number of the packets.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the each of the n first info fields further comprises a transmission format.
3. A method for receiving a medium access control (MAC) packet in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile terminal, a MAC packet comprising a MAC header and a MAC payload on a channel from an access network transceiver,
wherein the MAC header is a variable size, and comprises at least n first info fields and one second info field,
wherein each of n first info fields includes an identifier field associated with one of the plurality of terminals, where n is a natural number, and the one second info field does not include the identifier field and is placed on one edge within the MAC header,
wherein the MAC header is octet aligned and each of the n first info fields is one octet,
wherein the MAC payload comprises n packets, an i-th packet corresponds to a i-th first info field among the n first info fields, where i is one value of 1, 2, . . . , n, and
wherein a padding is located after the n-th packet optionally and a length of the padding is based on the variable size of the MAC header and a number of the packets.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the each of the n first info fields further comprises a transmission format.
5. An apparatus for transmitting a medium access control (MAC) packet in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to generate a MAC packet comprising a MAC header and a MAC payload, and transmit the MAC packet to a plurality of terminals on a channel,
wherein the MAC header is a variable size, and comprises at least n first info fields and one second info field,
wherein each of n first info fields includes an identifier field associated with one of the plurality of terminals, where n is a natural number, and the one second info field does not include the identifier field and is placed on one edge within the MAC header,
wherein the MAC header is octet aligned and each of the n first info fields is one octet,
wherein the MAC payload comprises n packets, an i-th packet corresponds to an i-th first info field among the n first info fields, where i is one value of 1, 2, . . . , n, and
wherein a padding is located after the n-th packet optionally and a length of the padding is based on the variable size of the MAC header and a number of the packets.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the each of
the n first info fields further comprises a transmission format.
7. An apparatus for receiving a medium access control (MAC) packet in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to receive a MAC packet comprising a MAC header and a MAC payload on a channel from an access network transceiver,
wherein the MAC header is a variable size, and comprises at least n first info fields and one second info field,
wherein each of n first info fields includes an identifier field associated with one of the plurality of terminals, where n is a natural number, and the one second info field does not include the identifier field and is placed on one edge within the MAC header,
wherein the MAC header is octet aligned and each of the n first info fields is one octet,
wherein the MAC payload comprises n packets, an i-th packet corresponds to a i-th first info field among the n first info fields, where i is one value of 1, 2, . . . , n, and
wherein a padding is located after the n-th packet optionally and a length of the padding is based on the variable size of the MAC header and a number of the packets.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the each of the n first info fields further comprises a transmission format.