# US 11,122,629 B2 · Media access control protocol data unit transmission method, user equipment and network device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,122,629 B2 - Document ID: US11122629B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/637,719 - Filed: 2018-08-07 - Published: 2021-01-07 - Granted: 2021-09-14 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-10 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Li Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11122629B2 ## CPC - H04W 76/19: Connection re-establishment - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04W 28/06: Optimizing {the usage of the radio link}, e.g. header compression, information sizing {, discarding information (system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365)} - H04W 36/0016: {Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions} - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal} - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides an MPDU transmission method, a network device and a UE. The MPDU transmission method includes transmitting an MPDU. The MPDU is used to indicate types of formats of one or more RAR messages in the MPDU. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) transmission method, comprising: transmitting an MPDU, wherein the MPDU is used to indicate types of formats of one or more Random Access Response (RAR) messages in the MPDU, wherein the MPDU comprises a first MAC sub-header and a second MAC sub-header, and no Random Access Response (RAR) message corresponding to the second MAC sub-header is comprised in the MPDU; and wherein the second MAC sub-header is used to indicate the beam failure recovery request response; or wherein the second MAC sub-header comprises a response indication field for indicating the beam failure recovery request response. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 1, wherein at least one first MAC sub-header of the MPDU comprises an RAR format indication field for indicating a format of at least one first RAR message corresponding to the first MAC sub-header. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 2, wherein the RAR format indication field uses a reserved bit in the MAC sub-header, or one or more newly-added bits in the MAC sub-header different from the reserved bit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 2, wherein the RAR format indication field indicates the format of the at least one first RAR message through indicating at least one of the following information types to be carried in the at least one first RAR message: a Timing Advance (TA) command; an uplink (UL) grant; a Temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (T-C-RNTI); a response indication field indicating the beam failure recovery request response; acknowledgement information about a downlink beam in candidate downlink beams reported by a User Equipment (UE) corresponding to a currently-used uplink beam; acknowledgement information about downlink beams other than the downlink beam in the candidate downlink beams reported by the UE corresponding to the currently-used uplink beam; an indicator indicating the handover to the other candidate downlink beam; an indicator indicating the handover to the other downlink beam; an indicator indicating the restart of beam searching; an indicator indicating the handover to the other candidate beam or the restart of the beam searching; an indicator indicating available downlink beams in the candidate downlink beams reported by the UE; and an indicator indicating the available downlink beams. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 4, wherein each first RAR message in the at least one RAR message corresponding to the first MAC sub-header is used to carry one or more of the at least one information type. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the response indication field uses a reserved bit in the MAC sub-header, or one or more newly-added bits in the MAC sub-header different from the reserved bit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting the MPDU comprises: determining a resource position of the MPDU in accordance with the beam failure recovery request response, the resource position of the MPDU being used to indicate the beam failure recovery request response; and transmitting the MPDU at the resource position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting the MPDU comprises: determining a resource position of the MPDU in accordance with whether there is a subsequent RAR message after the second MAC sub-header, the resource position being used to indicate whether there is the subsequent RAR message after the second MAC sub-header; and transmitting the MPDU at the resource position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the MAC sub-headers and the RAR messages in the MPDU are arranged as follows: each MAC sub-header is located in an MAC header of the MPDU, and the RAR messages corresponding to the MAC sub-headers are located after the MAC header in accordance with an order of the MAC sub-headers; or each MAC sub-header is located in the MAC header of the MPDU, and the RAR messages corresponding to the MAC sub-headers in the MPDU comprising the RAR messages corresponding to the MAC sub-headers are located after the MAC header in accordance with an order of the MAC sub-headers; or the RAR messages corresponding to each MAC sub-header is located in a field after the corresponding MAC sub-header; or the RAR messages corresponding to each MAC sub-header comprising the RAR messages are located in a field after the corresponding MAC sub-header. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A network device, comprising a processor, and a memory storing therein a computer-executable instruction, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instruction so as to implement the MPDU transmission method according to claim 1. ### Claim 11 A Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) transmission method, comprising: generating an MPDU, wherein the MPDU comprises a first MAC sub-header and a second MAC sub-header, and no Random Access Response (RAR) message corresponding to the second MAC sub-header is comprised in the MPDU; and transmitting the MPDU; wherein the second MAC sub-header is used to indicate the beam failure recovery request response; or wherein the second MAC sub-header comprises a response indication field for indicating the beam failure recovery request response. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 11, wherein the response indication field uses a reserved bit in the MAC sub-header, or one or more newly-added bits in the MAC sub-header different from the reserved bit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 11, wherein the transmitting the MPDU comprises: determining a resource position of the MPDU in accordance with the beam failure recovery request response, the resource position of the MPDU being used to indicate the beam failure recovery request response; and transmitting the MPDU at the resource position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The MPDU transmission method according to claim 11, wherein the transmitting the MPDU comprises: determining a resource position of the MPDU in accordance with whether there is a subsequent RAR message after the second MAC sub-header, the resource position being used to indicate whether there is the subsequent RAR message after the second MAC sub-header; and transmitting the MPDU at the resource position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) A network device, comprising a processor, and a memory storing therein a computer-executable instruction, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instruction so as to implement the MPDU transmission method according to claim 11. ### Claim 16 A Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) transmission method, comprising: receiving an MPDU, the MPDU being used to indicate types of formats of one or more RAR messages in the MPDU, wherein the MPDU comprises a first MAC sub-header and a second MAC sub-header, and no Random Access Response (RAR) message corresponding to the second MAC sub-header is comprised in the MPDU; and parsing the MPDU; wherein the second MAC sub-header is used to indicate the beam failure recovery request response; or wherein the second MAC sub-header comprises a response indication field for indicating the beam failure recovery request response.