Medium access control header format

摘要

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a variety of medium access control (MAC) header formats in wireless communications. The MAC header formats can be specialized for a particular type of data included in a protocol data unit (PDU). In addition, the MAC headers can have a variable length to accommodate payloads of varying sizes without incurring unnecessary overhead. Further, mechanisms are provided to enable direct access and delivery of control PDUs to associated protocol layers to ensure better quality of service treatment.

主权项

1. A method of employing a plurality of medium access control header formats, comprising:
determining a medium access control header format according to a type of data included in an associated medium access control payload; establishing a size of a medium access control length field of the determined medium access control header format, the size varying based at least in part on the associated medium access control payload; generating a medium access control header in accordance with the determined medium access control header format, the medium access control header comprising a logical channel identifier field, the medium access control length field, and a field indicating the size of the medium access control length field within the medium access control header; and transmitting the medium access control header and the associated medium access control payload.