Cross-radio access technology protocol

A method comprising:

• receiving a radio payload at a first radio access protocol (RAP) layer of a plurality of RAP layers corresponding to a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), the first RAP layer being associated with a first RAT of the plurality of RATs;
• converting, by the first RAP layer, the radio payload to a pre-radio payload by performing one or more RAT-dependent operations specific to the first RAT;
• and
• outputting the pre-radio payload from the first RAP layer to a medium access protocol (MAP) layer.

A method comprising:

• converting, by a first protocol layer, a data payload to a pre-radio payload by performing a first set of radio access technology (RAT)-dependent operations associated with a first RAT of a plurality of RATs;
• selecting, from a plurality of RAP layers corresponding to the plurality of RATs, a first radio access protocol (RAP) layer associated with the first RAT;
• and
• outputting the pre-radio payload from the first protocol layer to the first RAP layer associated with the first RAT.