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US 8,619,645 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for enhanced uplink multiplexing
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorStephen E. Terry
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for multiplexing are disclosed. Data is received over a plurality of logical channels. Data from the plurality of logical channels is multiplexed into a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) based on a priority associated with each of the plurality of the logical channels. The MAC PDU is transmitted over an uplink transport channel.
Claims16
A method for multiplexing data comprising:
- receiving data over a plurality of logical channels;
- mapping the plurality of logical channels to a plurality of dedicated medium access control (MAC-d) flows;
- establishing an elimination criteria for the plurality of MAC-d flows to be multiplexed into an enhanced medium access control (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU) based, at least in part, on an excess power state of the WTRU and a transmission power characteristic of each of the MAC-d flows;
- eliminating one or more MAC-d flows from being multiplexed into the MAC-e PDU based, at least in part, on the elimination criteria;
- multiplexing the plurality of MAC-d flows into the MAC-ePDU based, at least in part, on a priority associated with each of the plurality of the logical channels mapped to the plurality of MAC-d flows;
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- transmitting the MAC-e PDU over an uplink transport channel.
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A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
- circuitry configured to receive data over a plurality of logical channels, and map the plurality of logical channels to a plurality of dedicated medium access control (MAC-d) flows;
- a multiplexing configuration module to establish an elimination criteria for the plurality of MAC-d flows to be multiplexed into an enhanced medium access control (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU) based, at least in part, on an excess power state of the WTRU and a transmission power characteristic of each of the MAC-d flows, and to eliminate one or more MAC-d flows from being multiplexed into the MAC-e PDU based, at least in part, on the elimination criteria;
- a multiplexing entity configured to multiplex the plurality of MAC-d flows into the MAC-e PDU based, at least in part, on a priority associated with each of the plurality of the logical channels mapped to the plurality of MAC-d flows;
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- circuitry configured to transmit the MAC-e PDU over an uplink transport channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.