Method and apparatus for data transportation and synchronization between mac and physical layers in a wireless communcation system
CA 2897202 C · Owner: Wi-Lan, Inc. · Inventors: Stanwood, Kenneth L.; Behar, Jacques; Samad, Gary Lee, Jr.
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The present invention is a novel method and apparatus for efficiently transporting and synchronizing data between the Media Access Control (MAC) and physical communication protocol layers in a wireless communication system. Depending on the length of the MAC packet to be transported the present invention either fragments or concatenates the MAC packet when mapping to the physical layer. When a MAC packet is too long to fit in one TC/PHY packet the MAC packet is fragmented and the resultant multiple TC/PHY packets are preferably transmitted back-to-back within the same TDD frame. When a MAC packet is shorter than a TC/PHY packet the next MAC packet is concatenated with the current MAC packet …
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- Filed October 26, 2000 and granted April 26, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 2020.
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