Medium access control layer architecture for supporting enhanced uplink
CA 2566341 C · Owner: Dick, Stephen G. · Inventors: Zhang, Guodong; Dick, Stephen G.; Terry, Stephen E.
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A medium access control (MAC) layer architecture and functionality for supporting enhanced uplink (EU). A MAC entity for EU (i.e. a MAC-e entity) , is incorporated into a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) a Node-B and a , radio network controller (RNC) respectively. The WTRU MAC-e entity , handles hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) transmissions and , retransmissions, priority handling MAC-e multiplexing, and transport format combination (TFC) selection. The Node-B MAC-e entity handles H-ARQ transmissions and retransmissions, E-DCH scheduling and MAC-e de-multiplexing. The RNC MAC-e entity provides insequence delivery and handles combining of data from different Node-Bs.
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- Filed April 29, 2005 and granted January 19, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2025.
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