Method and apparatus for MAC layer inverse multiplexing in a third generation radio access network
US7944943B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A channel inverse multiplexer/multiplexer (IMUX/MUX) (14a) of a MAC sublayer (14) of a UTRAN RNC (11) for providing to a UE (18) traffic (communication signals including in general both control and user data) at a higher rate than the UE can accept over a single channel. The channel IMUX/MUX performs inverse multiplexing of traffic for downlink, and multiplexing of traffic on uplink, and does so in a way that is transparent to all other layers/entities of the UTRAN (11 17) and to the UE (18).
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