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Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,200 · App. 16/780,480 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Method and apparatus of transmitting RLC status report in next generation mobile communication system

Inventors: Donggun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungri Jin (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W24/10H04L1/1628H04L1/1635H04L1/1642H04L1/1685
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Patent No.
US 11,259,200
App. No.
16/780,480
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.

Claims (50)

1. A method performed by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a transmitting apparatus, a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU);

generating a status PDU based on the RLC PDU; and

transmitting the status PDU to the transmitting apparatus,

wherein the status PDU includes an extension bit 1 (E1) field indicating whether a negative acknowledgement sequence number (NACK_SN) field, an E1 field, an extension bit 2 (E2) field and an extension bit 3 (E3) field follow,

wherein the NACK_SN field includes a first sequence number (SN) of an RLC data unit identified as lost, the E2 field indicates whether a segment offset (SO) start field and an SO end field follow, the E3 field indicates whether a NACK_range field follows, and the NACK_range field includes a number of consecutively lost RLC data units starting from and including the first SN, and

wherein a first reserved (R) field is placed immediately after the E1 field and an octet including the first R field is byte aligned based on the first R field.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a second R field is placed immediately after the E3 field and an octet including the second R field is byte aligned based on the second R field.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the SO start field indicates a position of a first byte of a portion of the RLC data unit associated with the first SN in bytes, and

wherein the SO end field indicates a position of a last byte of a portion of an RLC data unit associated with a second SN identified based on the NACK range field in bytes, in case that the E3 field indicates that the NACK_range field follows for the NACK_SN field.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second SN is identified based on the NACK_range field by setting the second SN equal to the first SN indicated by the NACK SN field plus the number of consecutively lost RLC data units indicated by the NACK_range field −1.

5. A method performed by a transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a receiving apparatus, a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU); and

receiving, from the receiving apparatus, a status PDU generated based on the RLC PDU,

wherein the status PDU includes an extension bit 1 (E1) field indicating whether a negative acknowledgement sequence number (NACK_SN) field, an E1 field, an extension bit 2 (E2) field and an extension bit 3 (E3) field follow,

wherein the NACK_SN field includes a first sequence number (SN) of an RLC data unit identified as lost, the E2 field indicates whether a segment offset (SO) start field and an SO end field follow, the E3 field indicates whether a NACK_range field follows, and the NACK_range field includes a number of consecutively lost RLC data units starting from and including the first SN, and

wherein a first reserved (R) field is placed immediately after the E1 field and an octet including the first R field is byte aligned based on the first R field.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a second R field is placed immediately after the E3 field and an octet including the second R field is byte aligned based on the second R field.

7. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the SO start field indicates a position of a first byte of a portion of the RLC data unit associated with the first SN in bytes, and

wherein the SO end field indicates a position of a last byte of a portion of an RLC data unit associated with a second SN identified based on the NACK range field in bytes, in case that the E3 field indicates that the NACK_range field follows for the NACK_SN field.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second SN is identified based on the NACK_range field by setting the second SN equal to the first SN indicated by the NACK SN field plus the number of consecutively lost RLC data units indicated by the NACK_range field −1.

9. A receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system, the receiving apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a transmitting apparatus via the transceiver, a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU),

generate a status PDU based on the RLC PDU, and

transmit the status PDU to the transmitting apparatus via the transceiver,

wherein the status PDU includes an extension bit 1 (E1) field indicating whether a negative acknowledgement sequence number (NACK_SN) field, an E1 field, an extension bit 2 (E2) field and an extension bit 3 (E3) field follow,

wherein the NACK_SN field includes a first sequence number (SN) of an RLC data unit identified as lost, the E2 field indicates whether a segment offset (SO) start field and an SO end field follow, the E3 field indicates whether a NACK_range field follows, and the NACK_range field includes a number of consecutively lost RLC data units starting from and including the first SN, and

wherein a first reserved (R) field is placed immediately after the E1 field and an octet including the first R field is byte aligned based on the first R field.

10. The receiving apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a second R field is placed immediately after the E3 field and an octet including the second R field is byte aligned based on the second R field.

11. The receiving apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the SO start field indicates a position of a first byte of a portion of the RLC data unit associated with the first SN in bytes, and

wherein the SO end field indicates a position of a last byte of a portion of an RLC data unit associated with a second SN identified based on the NACK range field in bytes, in case that the E3 field indicates that the NACK_range field follows for the NACK_SN field.

12. The receiving apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second SN is identified based on the NACK_range field by setting the second SN equal to the first SN indicated by the NACK_SN field plus the number of consecutively lost RLC data units indicated by the NACK_range field −1.

13. A transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a receiving apparatus via the transceiver, a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU), and

receive, from the receiving apparatus via the transceiver, a status PDU generated based on the RLC PDU,

wherein the status PDU includes an extension bit 1 (E1) field indicating whether a negative acknowledgement sequence number (NACK_SN) field, an E1 field, an extension bit 2 (E2) field and an extension bit 3 (E3) field follow,

wherein the NACK_SN field includes a first sequence number (SN) of an RLC data unit identified as lost, the E2 field indicates whether a segment offset (SO) start field and an SO end field follow, the E3 field indicates whether a NACK_range field follows, and the NACK_range field includes a number of consecutively lost RLC data units starting from and including the first SN, and

wherein a first reserved (R) field is placed immediately after the E1 field and an octet including the first R field is byte aligned based on the first R field.

14. The transmitting apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a second R field is placed immediately after the E3 field and an octet including the second R field is byte aligned based on the second R field.

15. The transmitting apparatus of claim 13 ,

wherein the SO start field indicates a position of a first byte of a portion of the RLC data unit associated with the first SN in bytes, and

wherein the SO end field indicates a position of a last byte of a portion of an RLC data unit associated with a second SN identified based on the NACK_range field in bytes, in case that the E3 field indicates that the NACK_range field follows for the NACK_SN field.

16. The transmitting apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second SN is identified based on the NACK_range field by setting the second SN equal to the first SN indicated by the NACK SN field plus the number of consecutively lost RLC data units indicated by the NACK_range field −1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2020
From: KIM, DONGGUN; KIM, SANGBUM; KIM, SOENGHUN; JIN, SEUNGRI; JANG, JAEHYUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 051704/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0053568 · Apr 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15963820 · Apr 26, 2018
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