Method for formatting signal in mobile communication system

• US 6,791,963 B1
• Filed: 09/30/1999
• Issued: 09/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, TIMOTHY L
• Application Number:
  US09/409,698
• Time in Patent Office: 1,811 Days
• Field of Search: 370/474, 370/469, 370/470, 370/471, 370/473, 370/328, 370/329, 370/336, 370/337, 370/338, 370/345, 370/347, 370/392, 370/393
• US Class Current: 370/342
• 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 statio 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.

Claims

1. 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 said mobile communication system, comprising:

a) if said service data units have the same characteristics, forming a medium access control-protocol data unit by successively coupling each of said service data units to any one of said medium access control headers; and

b) transforming the formed protocol data unit into a transport block with a predetermined size wherein each of said medium access control headers include;

a mobile identifier region for in-band identification;

a medium access control-service access point identifier region for multiplexing a logical channel for service data with a corresponding one of said medium access control headers

a radio link control-user plane identifier region for multiplexing a radio link control-user entity;

a medium access control-service data unit length region and a medium access control-service data unit extension region or a medium access control-service data unit number region for cooperating to send said service data; and

a frame format identifier region for transfer of information to a higher layer and contention resolution.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said protocol data unit includes a plurality of fill bits.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said frame format identifier region includes:

an information format for transferring said information to said higher layer; and

a command format or a response format for said contention resolution.

4. 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 said mobile communication system, comprising:

a) if said service data units have different characteristics, forming a medium access control-protocol data unit by sequentially coupling each of said service data units and each of said medium access control headers; and

b) transforming the formed protocol data unit into a transport block with a predetermined size wherein each of said medium access control headers include

a mobile identifier region for in-band identification;

a medium access control-service access point identifier region for multiplexing a logical channel for service data with a corresponding one of said medium access control headers

a radio link control-user plane identifier region for multiplexing a radio link control-user entity;

a medium access control-service data unit length region and, a medium access control-service data unit extension region or a medium access control-service data unit number region for cooperating to send said service data; and

a frame format identifier region for transfer of information of a higher layer and contention resolution.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4, wherein said step a) includes the step of sequentially forming said medium access control headers and then appending each of said service data units to a corresponding one of said medium access control headers subsequently thereto.

6. The method as set forth in claim 4, wherein said protocol data unit includes a plurality of fill bits.

7. The method as set forth in claim 4, wherein said frame format identifier region includes:

an information format for transferring said information to said higher layer; and

a command format or a response format for said contention resolution.

8. 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 said mobile communication system, comprising:

a) if said service data units have the same characteristics, forming a medium access control-protocol data unit by successively coupling each of said service data units to any one of said medium access control headers;

b) if said service data units have different characteristics, forming said protocol data unit by sequentially coupling each of said service data units and each of said medium access control headers; and

c) transforming the formed protocol data unit into a transport block with a predetermined size wherein each of said medium access control headers include

a mobile identifier region for in-band identification;

a medium access control-service access point identifier region for multiplexing a logical channel for service data with a corresponding one of said medium access control headers

a radio link control-user plane identifier region for multiplexing a radio link control-user entity;

a medium access control-service data unit length region and a medium access control-service data unit extension region or a medium access control-service data unit number region for cooperating to send said service data; and

a frame format identifier region for transfer of information to a higher layer and contention resolution.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8, wherein said step b) includes the step of sequentially forming said medium access control headers and then appending each of said service data units to a corresponding one of said medium access control headers subsequently thereto.

10. The method as set forth in claim 8, wherein said protocol data unit includes a plurality of fill bits.

11. The method as set forth in claim 8, wherein said frame format identifier region includes:

an information format for transferring said information to said higher layer; and

a command format or a response format for said contention resolution.