InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,867,208
Pinheiro , et al. January 9, 2018

Scheduling data transmission by medium access control (MAC) layer in a mobile network


Abstract

A method and apparatus for producing medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) are disclosed. A controller may, on a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) basis, select a size of a MAC service data unit (SDU) for each of a plurality of logical channels based on information provided by a MAC layer. The controller may then provide a respective first value for each logical channel. Further, the controller may select logical channels for a MAC PDU based on a respective priority of each of the logical channels and on the respective first value of each of the logical channels being greater than zero. Also, the controller may multiplex the MAC SDUs of the selected logical channels to produce the MAC PDU. In addition, the controller may provide a transport block for transmission based on the MAC PDU. The controller and a transmitter may then transmit the provided transport block.



Inventors:
Pinheiro; Ana Lucia A. (Portland, OR), Doshi; Nihar A. (Deer Park, NY), Movva; Sasidhar (Superior, CO), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet A. (Little Neck, NY), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Schnee; Gary (Hauppage, NY)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000003053942

Appl. No.:
15/207,084

Filed:
July 11, 2016


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160323910 A1 Nov 3, 2016



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/1263 (20130101); H04L 47/2433 (20130101); H04W 72/12 (20130101); H04W 28/065 (20130101); H04W 84/042 (20130101); H04W 28/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04L 12/851 (20130101); H04W 28/06 (20090101); H04W 28/10 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101

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