United States Patent 7,961,657
Cave , et al. June 14, 2011
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Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet via high speed downlink packet access
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet via high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) are disclosed. At least one HSDPA medium access control (MAC-hs) service data unit (SDU) is segmented into a plurality of segments. MAC-hs protocol data units (PDUs) are generated from the segments wherein each MAC-hs PDU includes at least one segment. Each MAC-hs PDU may include one segment from a single MAC-hs SDU. The size of the segments may match to the size of the MAC-hs PDUs minus the size of the header of the MAC-hs PDU. The sizes of the segments may be determined based on the number of segments to which the MAC-hs SDU is segmented. Alternatively, each MAC-hs PDU may include a combination of segments from a plurality of MAC-hs SDUs or a combination of at least one segment from one MAC-hs SDU and at least one entire MAC-hs SDU.
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Inventors: Cave; Christopher R. (Verdun, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Burchill; Stuart T. (Montreal, CA), Roy; Vincent (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Appl. No.: 11/955,090
Filed: December 12, 2007
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Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
60869620 Dec., 2006
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Current U.S. Class: 370/310 ; 370/267; 370/277; 370/464; 370/487; 370/912; 455/456.5; 455/524; 455/525; 455/561
Current International Class: H04B 7/00 (20060101)
Field of Search: 370/310,267,277,464,487,912 455/456.5,524,525,561
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