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United States Patent 9,473,272
Cave , et al. October 18, 2016

MAC and RLC architecture and procedures to enable reception from multiple transmission points


Abstract

A method for use in a wireless communication system for two-stage reordering of received protocol data units (PDUs). The method comprising receiving PDUs from Node-Bs, wherein each of the received PDUs has a transmission sequence number (TSN), reordering the received PDUs from Node-Bs using the TSN in a MAC layer in different reordering queues, delivering the received PDUs from reordering queues to one logical channel in the RLC layer, reordering the received PDUs in the RLC layer based on a sequence number (SN), starting a timer when at least a RLC PDU is missing based on SN of the RLC PDU, and transmitting a status report indicating a missing RLC PDU based on SN of the RLC PDU if the timer expires, wherein transmission of the status report is delayed if a RLC PDU is missing based on SN of the RLC PDU and the timer is running.



Inventors:
Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Gomes; Sylvie (Manhasset, NY)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
N/A
DE


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002176050

Appl. No.:
14/694,295

Filed:
April 23, 2015


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20150229448 A1 Aug 13, 2015



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Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

14164890 Jan 27, 2014 9049016
13250133 Jan 28, 2014 8638723
61388976 Oct 1, 2010




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1841 (20130101); H04L 1/1848 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04W 24/10 (20090101

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