# US 8,787,369 B2 · Apparatus for transmitting MAC PDU with a fragmentation and packing extended header and method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,787,369 B2 - Document ID: US8787369B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/394,503 - Filed: 2010-11-18 - Published: 2012-06-28 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2009-11-18 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Jeong Ki Kim; Young Soo Yuk; Yong Ho Kim; Ki Seon Ryu - Inventors: Jeong Ki Kim; Young Soo Yuk; Yong Ho Kim; Ki Seon Ryu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787369B2 ## CPC - H04L 12/56: {Packet switching systems} - H04W 28/065: {using assembly or disassembly of packets} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method of transmitting data in a transmitting stage is disclosed. The present invention includes configuring a MAC PDU (medium access control protocol data unit) including fragmented data and a fragmentation extended header (FEH) and a packing extended header (PEH) for transmitting the fragmented data and transmitting the configured MAC PDU to a receiving stage. Preferably, the FEH or the PEH includes an extended header type field indicating a type of an extended header and a fragmentation control field including information on the fragmented data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of receiving data by a receiving side in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a medium access control protocol date unit (MAC PDU) from a transmitting side, the MAC PDU including: at least one of the two or more fragments fragmented from a data block by the transmitting side, a first header containing control information about the MAC PDU which includes the at least one of the two or more fragments, and a fragmentation extended header (FEH) providing information on the data packet fragment, wherein the first header contains an indicator indicating that the FEH is present following the first header, wherein the FEH contains a type field identifying a type of the FEH and the FEH has a variable length depending on whether the fragmented data packet is a real-time data packet or not, and wherein the FEH has a shorter length when the fragmented data packet is the real-time data packet than when the fragmented data packet is a non-real-time data packet; and decoding the received MAC, PDU. ### Claim 2 A receiver for receiving data from a transmitting side in a wireless communication system, the receiver comprising: a receiving module configured to receive a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) from the transmitting side, the MAC PDU including: at least one of the two or more fragments fragmented from a data block by the transmitting side, a first header containing control information about the MAC PDU which includes the at least one of the two or more fragments, and a fragmentation extended header (FEH) providing information on the data packet fragment, wherein the first header contains an indicator indicating that the FEH is present following the first header, wherein the FEH contains a type field identifying a type of the FEH and the FEH has a variable length depending on whether the fragmented data packet is a real-time data packet or not, and wherein the FEH has a shorter length when the fragmented data packet is the real-time data packet than when the fragmented data packet is a non-real-time data packet; and a processor configured to perform a signal processing operation on the received MAC PDU. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first header is an advance generic MAC header (AGMH) when the fragmented data packet is the non-real-time data packet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the AGMH includes at least one of: a flow identifier field including a service flow identifier (Flow ID) used for the MAC PDU transmission, an extended header presence indicator field indicating a presence or non-presence of the extended header in the MAC PDU, and a length field including length information of the MAC PDU. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the FEH includes: a sequence number field indicating a sequence number of the MAC PDU, a length field indicating length information of the data packet fragment, and a field indicating whether another information is included or not. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, if an extended header group including at least one extended header is included in the MAC PDU, the MAC PDU further includes an extended header group field indicating a length of the extended header group. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first header is a short-packet MAC header (SPMH) when the fragmented data packet is a real-time data packet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the SPMH includes at least one of: an extended header presence indicator field indicating a presence or non-presence of the extended header in the MAC PDU, and a length field including length information of the MAC PDU. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The receiver of claim 2, wherein the first header is a short-packet MAC header (SPMH). ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The receiver of claim 9, wherein the SPMH includes at least one of: an extended header presence indicator field indicating a presence or non-presence of the extended header in the MAC PDU, and a length field including length information of the MAC PDU. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The receiver of claim 2, wherein the FEH includes: a sequence number field indicating a sequence number of the MAC PDU, a length field indicating length information of the data packet fragment, and a field indicating whether another information is included or not. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The receiver of claim 2, wherein the first header is a short-packet MAC header (SPMH) when the fragmented data packet is a real-time data packet. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The receiver of claim 12, wherein the SPMH includes at least one of: an extended header presence indicator field indicating a presence or non-presence of the extended header in the MAC PDU, and a length field including length information of the MAC PDU.