United States Patent 10,135,610
Sammour , et al. November 20, 2018
Method and apparatus for ciphering packet units in wireless communications
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed relating to ciphering and de-ciphering of packet units in wireless devices during retransmission in wireless communications. The packet units are re-segmented with the ciphering done on the re-segmented packet unit or on a radio link control protocol data unit (RLC PDU) with or without segmentation. Alternatively, the re-segmentation is done on the radio link control service data unit (RLC SDU) with or without segmentation. Alternatively, the ciphering process and multiplexing of the RLC PDU is done in the medium access control (MAC) layer of a MAC PU before undergoing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for retransmission. Further, the ciphering process in the RLC is done on a packet data convergence protocol packet data unit (PDCP PDU).
Inventors:
Sammour; Mohammed (Amman, JO), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Mukherjee; Rajat P. (Toronto, CA), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003662262
Appl. No.:
14/302,070
Filed:
June 11, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140294179 A1 Oct 2, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12048120 Mar 13, 2008
60895134 Mar 15, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 9/0819 (20130101); H04W 12/04 (20130101); H04W 80/02 (20130101); H04W 28/06 (20130101); H04L 2209/24 (20130101); H04W 12/02 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04K 1/00 (20060101); H04W 80/02 (20090101); H04W 12/04 (20090101); H04L 9/08 (20060101); H04W 28/06 (20090101); H04W 12/02 (20090101)
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