Handling different protocol data unit types in a device to device communication system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorAnil Agiwal
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Abstract
A method and system for differentiating different Protocol Data Units (PDU) in a D2D communication network. The type of PDU to be differentiated is assigned/associated with a unique data/value and transmitted to the destination, by a transmitting User Equipment. At the receiving end, the receiving User Equipment differentiates between different types of PDU packets received, based on the unique data associated with the collected data. Further, the received PDU data is processed based on a suitable packet processing function that matches the PDU type of the PDU data received.
Claims19
A method for differentiating between at least two types of Protocol data Units (PDU) in a Device to Device (D2D) communication network, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a transmitting UE of the D2D communication network, at least one PDU to at least one receiving UE;
- identifying, by the receiving UE, a PDU type of the at least one PDU received from the transmitting UE, wherein the PDU type is identified based on a unique data in the header of the at least one received PDU;
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- processing, by the receiving UE, the at least one received PDU using at least one data processing function, wherein the data processing function is selected based on the PDU type of the PDU.
A system for differentiating between at least two types of Protocol data Units (PDU) in a Device to Device (D2D) communication network, the system configured to:
- transmit, by a transmitting UE of the D2D communication network, at least one PDU to at least one receiving UE;
- identify, by the receiving UE, a PDU type of the at least one PDU received from the transmitting UE, wherein the PDU type is identified based on a unique data in the header of the at least one received PDU;
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- process, by the receiving UE, the at least one PDU using at least one data processing function, wherein the data processing function is selected based on the PDU type of the data.
A receiving user equipment (UE) capable of a Device to Device (D2D) communication, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive at least one PDU from a transmitting UE;
- a controller configured to:
- identify a PDU type of the at least one PDU received from the transmitting UE, wherein the PDU type is identified based on a unique data in the header of the at least one received PDU;
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- process the at least one PDU using at least one data processing function, wherein the data processing function is selected based on the PDU type of the data.
A transmitting user equipment (UE) capable of a Device to Device (D2D) communication, comprising:
- a higher layer protocol module;
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- a transmitter module configured to:
- receive at least one PDU to be transmitted from the higher layer protocol module;
- identify a PDU type of the at least one PDU;
- map the at least one PDU to at least one D2D radio bearer, wherein the D2D radio bearer is configured to handle PDU of at least the identified PDU type of the at least one PDU;
- process the at least one PDU using at least one data processing function, wherein the processing of the at least one PDU comprises associating the unique data that indicates the PDU type of the data to the processed PDU;
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- transmit the processed at least one PDU to a receiving UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.