Method and device for scheduling multi-flow transmission

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory storing program instructions;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein when the program instructions stored in the memory are executed by the least one processor, the apparatus corresponding to a first media access control (MAC) entity and a second MAC entity is caused to perform the following:
• receiving, from a base station, a first MAC layer configuration parameter corresponding to the first MAC entity and a second MAC layer configuration parameter corresponding to the second MAC entity, wherein:
• the first MAC entity corresponds to a macro cell of the base station, and the second MAC entity corresponds to a cell of a secondary node,
• the first MAC layer configuration parameter and the second MAC layer configuration parameter each comprises a set of mapping and a MAC-layer related parameter corresponding to the set of mapping, and
• each set of mapping comprises a mapping between any two or more of:
• a logic channel, a radio bearer (RB), a transmission channel, or each MAC entity;
• executing the mapping corresponding to each MAC entity;
• and
• independently executing a MAC layer function based on the MAC layer-related parameter corresponding to each MAC entity.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory storing program instructions;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein when the program instructions stored in the memory are executed by the least one processor, the apparatus is caused to perform the following:
• configuring, for a terminal, a first media access control (MAC) layer configuration parameter corresponding to a first MAC entity and a second MAC layer configuration parameter corresponding to a second MAC entity, wherein:
• the first MAC entity corresponds to a macro cell of the base station and the second MAC entity corresponds to a cell of a secondary node,
• the first MAC layer configuration parameter and the second MAC layer configuration parameter each comprise a set of mapping and a MAC-layer related parameter corresponding to the set of mapping, and
• each set of mapping comprises a mapping between any two or more of:
• a logic channel, a radio bearer (RB), a transmission channel, or each MAC entity;
• sending the first and second MAC layer configuration parameters to the terminal for enabling the terminal to (i) execute the mapping corresponding to each MAC entity, and (ii) independently execute a MAC layer function based on the MAC layer-related parameter corresponding to each MAC entity.