Method for formatting signal in mobile communication system

• US 20060092911A1
• Filed: 12/08/2005
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aegis 11 S.A. (Fineur International S.A.)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hwang, In Tae, Ok, Myoung Jin, Shin, Sang Rim
• Granted Patent: US 7,792,149 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/349
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1867 Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

A method for formatting a signal in a mobile communication system by appending a plurality of medium access control headers to a plurality of medium access control-service data units for data transfer between a mobile station and network in the mobile communication system. If the service data units have the same characteristics, a medium access control-protocol data unit is formed by successively coupling the service data units to any one of the medium access control headers. If the service data units have different characteristics, the protocol data unit is formed by sequentially coupling each of the service data units and each of the medium access control headers. The formed protocol data unit is then transformed into a transport block with a predetermined size. A medium access control sublayer formats medium access control-protocol data units according to transport channel characteristics in peer-to-peer communication in such a manner that the protocol data units can have different formats with respect to different transport channels. This makes it possible to provide more efficient functions.

Claims

1-42. -42. (canceled)

43. A method for formatting a medium access control—

protocol data unit (MAC-PDU) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising;

generating a medium access control header (MAC header) to comprise at least one size indicator and at least one number indicator; and

appending the MAC header to at least one medium access control—

service data unit (MAC-SDU);

wherein, a size indicator of the at least one size indicator is adapted to indicate a size of a MAC-SDU of the at least one MAC-SDU and a number indicator of the at least one number indicator is adapted to indicate a number of consecutive MAC-SDUs having a size equal to the MAC-SDU of the at least one MAC-SDU.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein a number of the at least one MAC-SDU is at least two.

45. The method of claim 43, wherein the number indicator further indicates that the MAC header is appended to a plurality of MAC-SDUs.

46. The method of claim 43, wherein the MAC-PDU further comprises fill bits.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the fill bits are adapted to conform the MAC-PDU to a transport block size.

48. The method of claim 43, wherein the MAC header is of variable size.

49. The method of claim 43, wherein the MAC-PDU is used in an automatic repeat request (ARQ) type bearer service.

50. The method of claim 43, wherein the transport channel is one of a common transport channel and a dedicated transport channel.

51. A method for formatting a medium access control—

protocol data unit (MAC-PDU) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising;

generating a medium access control header (MAC header) to comprise a size indicator and a number indicator; and

appending the MAC header to at least one medium access control—

service data unit (MAC-SDU);

wherein, the size indicator is adapted to indicate a size of a MAC-SDU in the at least one MAC-SDU and the number indicator is adapted to indicate a number of consecutive MAC-SDUs having a size equal to the MAC-SDU in the at least one MAC-SDU.