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- the present invention is related to a wireless communication system.
- Latency reduction is one of the considerations in a GSM/EDGE radio access network (GERAN).
- Two techniques have been proposed for the latency reduction: reduced transmission time interval (RTTI) and fast acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) reporting (FANR).
- RTTI reduced transmission time interval
- ACK/NACK fast acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement
- FANR fast acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement reporting
- an ACK/NACK report is sent in an explicit message, also referred to as a radio link control/medium access control (RLC/MAC) control block.
- RLC/MAC radio link control/medium access control
- TBF Temporary Block Flow
- a TBF is a temporal connection between a mobile station and a network to support a uni-directional transfer of data.
- a TBF is temporary and is maintained only for the duration of the data transfer.
- Each TBF is assigned a temporary flow identity (TFI) by the network.
- TFI is unique among concurrent TBFs in each direction and is used instead of mobile station identity in the RLC/MAC layer.
- the same TFI is included in every RLC header belonging to a particular TBF.
- PAN piggybacked ACK/NACK
- the PAN field is included in a data block that may be addressed to a different TBF, it is necessary to identify to which TBF the PAN field is addressed.
- Various proposals have been made to identify the correct TBF in the PAN field, including using a TFI or an uplink (UL) state flag (USF).
- a USF is assigned to each mobile station. The USF is used by the network to indicate which mobile terminal is allowed to transmit in the following uplink radio block.
- some number of bits should be dedicated to the TBF identity in the PAN field. It would be desirable to have an efficient method of sending the TBF identity in the PAN field such that no dedicated bits are needed to identify the TBF.
- a method and apparatus are described for indicating a TBF to which a PAN field is addressed.
- a PAN check sequence (PCS) is created, for example using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding.
- the PCS is masked with a TFI assigned to a TBF or a mask generated based on the TFI.
- a data block including the PAN field and the masked PCS is then processed for transmission.
- the mask may be generated by converting the TFI using an (M, N) code, M being the number of bits of the PCS and N being the number of bits of the TFI.
- FIG. 1 shows an example radio block
- FIG. 2 is an example block diagram of a transmitting station
- FIG. 3 is an example block diagram of a receiving station.
- wireless transmit/receive unit includes but is not limited to a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a pager, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a computer, or any other type of user device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
- base station includes but is not limited to a Node-B, a site controller, an access point (AP), or any other type of interfacing device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
- FIG. 1 shows an example radio block 100 .
- the radio block 100 for data transfer includes one RLC/MAC header 102 , a header check sequence (HCS) 104 , one or more RLC data block(s) 106 , a block check sequence (BCS) 108 , a PAN field 110 , and a PCS 112 .
- the RLC/MAC header 102 , the RLC data block(s) 106 and the PAN field 110 are coded separately for error detection and correction, and a separate checksum, (e.g., a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum), is attached to each of them.
- the RLC/MAC header 102 contains a control field indicating whether a PAN field 110 is included or not in the radio block 100 .
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- the HCS 104 is used for error detection of the RLC/MAC header 102 .
- the BCS 108 is used for error detection of the RLC data block 106 .
- a separate BCS may be included for each RLC data block.
- the PAN field 110 contains piggy-backed ACK/NACK information sent in one direction to provide acknowledgement for a TBF in the other direction.
- the PCS 112 is used for error detection of the PAN field 110 .
- FIG. 2 is an example block diagram of a transmitting station 200 .
- the transmitting station 200 may be a WTRU, a Node-B, or any other apparatus or device.
- the transmitting station 200 includes an encoder 202 , a masking unit 204 , and a transceiver 206 .
- a PAN field is input into the encoder 202 .
- the encoder 202 generates a PCS based on the PAN field 201 .
- the encoder may be a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoder and the PCS may be a CRC checksum generated based on the PAN field 110 .
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- the masking unit 204 then masks the PCS with a TFI, (i.e., TFI is used as a mask).
- the masking of the PCS bits with the TFI may be performed by modulo-2 addition, (i.e., an exclusive OR (XOR) operation).
- the transceiver 206 sends a data block 100 including the PAN field 110 and the masked PCS 112 .
- a TFI may be transmitted in a PAN field without using explicit bits to identify the TBF.
- a channel coding (such as forward error correction (FEC) coding, rate matching, interleaving, or the like), may be performed.
- FEC forward error correction
- At least one bit of the TFI is masked with at least one bit of the PCS.
- M the number of PCS bits
- N the number of TFI bits
- the TFI bits may be mapped to a portion or all of the PCS bits, (e.g., first N bits, last N bits, or a subset of the M bits).
- N the number of PCS bits
- M the number of PCS bits
- N the number of TFI bits
- the transmitting station 200 may include a mask generator 208 .
- the mask generator 208 generates a mask from the TFI, and the masking unit 204 masks the PCS with the mask generated by the mask generator 208 .
- the N-bit TFI may be converted into an M-bit mask using an (M, N) code, (M is the number of bits of the PCS), and then the mask may be XORed with the PCS.
- the N-bit TFI may be converted into an L-bit mask using an (L, N) code, where L ⁇ M, (M is the number of bits of the PCS), and then the mask may be XORed with the PCS.
- L the number of PCS bits
- the mask bits may be mapped to a portion or all of the PCS bits, (e.g., first L bits, last L bits, or a subset of the L bits). The opposite case is also possible.
- the M-bit mask may be selected to provide improved separation, (e.g., Hamming distance), between the M bit sequences. For example, it may be obtained by binary multiplying the N-bit TFI with a generator matrix.
- a good masking code shall have the largest possible minimum distance and the lowest frequency of occurrence of this minimum value.
- Example generator matrices of the linear binary codes with maximal minimum distances are provided below.
- the TFI is assumed to be 5 bits long.
- the above generator matrices are provided as an example, not as a limitation, and any other variances are also possible.
- the matrices set forth above may be pre-multiplied and post-multiplied by binary permutation matrices, resulting in new matrices with the rows and/or the columns permuted. This column and/or row permutation will preserve the distance properties of the code.
- FIG. 3 is an example block diagram of a receiving station 300 .
- the receiving station 300 may be a WTRU, a base station, or any other apparatus or device.
- the receiving station 300 includes a transceiver 302 , a de-masking unit 304 , and a decoder 306 .
- the receiving station 300 may optionally further include a mask generator 308 .
- the transceiver 302 receives a radio block including a PAN field and a masked PCS, such as the one shown in FIG. 1 .
- the transceiver 302 outputs the PAN field and the masked PCS.
- the de-masking unit 304 de-masks the received masked PCS with its own TFI assigned to a TBF or alternatively with a mask generated by the mask generator 308 using its own TFI.
- the de-masking unit 304 outputs PAN bits and de-masked PCS bits.
- the decoder 306 then computes a PCS, (e.g., CRC bits), based on the received PAN field and compares the computed PCS with the de-masked received PCS. If the two PCSs agree, then the received PAN field is declared to be addressed to the receiving station 300 . If the two PCSs do not agree, the PAN field is declared to be not addressed to the receiving station 300 and then may be discarded.
- a PCS e.g., CRC bits
- the decoder 306 may compute a PCS, (e.g., using CRC), and then mask the computed PCS with its TFI or a mask generated based on the TFI and then compare the computed masked PCS to the received masked PCS.
- a PCS e.g., using CRC
- the receiving station 300 may need to decode the received PAN against more than 1 stored TFIs because the receiving station 300 may be allocated more than one TBF, and each TBF has a TFI of its own. When multiple TBFs are allocated to the receiving station 300 , the receiving station 300 determines which TBF the PAN is addressed by de-masking against each possible TFI corresponding to its allocated TBFs.
- ROM read only memory
- RAM random access memory
- register cache memory
- semiconductor memory devices magnetic media such as internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and optical media such as CD-ROM disks, and digital versatile disks (DVDs).
- Suitable processors include, by way of example, a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), and/or a state machine.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- FPGAs Field Programmable Gate Arrays
- a processor in association with software may be used to implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), terminal, base station, radio network controller (RNC), or any host computer.
- the WTRU may be used in conjunction with modules, implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a keyboard, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display unit, a digital music player, a media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser, and/or any wireless local area network (WLAN) or Ultra Wide Band (UWB) module.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- UWB Ultra Wide Band
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Abstract
Methods and base stations are described. A base station includes a receiver, a processor and a transmitter. The receiver receives a first data block associated with an uplink temporary block flow (TBF), and the first data block includes a first header that includes a temporary flow identity (TFI) that identifies the uplink TBF. The processor generate a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field corresponding to the uplink TBF and a PAN check sequence (PCS) based on the PAN field, masks a subset of PCS bits with the TFI to generate a masked PCS, and generates a second data block, associated with a downlink TBF, that includes a second header, a data part corresponding to the downlink TBF, the PAN field, and the masked PCS. The transmitter transmits the second data block.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/406,121, filed Feb. 27, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/056,433 filed Mar. 27, 2008, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,126,013 on Feb. 28, 2012, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60/908,535 filed Mar. 28, 2007, 60/945,057 filed Jun. 19, 2007, 60/944,982 filed Jun. 19, 2007, 60/945,034 filed Jun. 19, 2007, and 60/956,765 filed Aug. 20, 2007, all of which are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
- The present invention is related to a wireless communication system.
- Latency reduction is one of the considerations in a GSM/EDGE radio access network (GERAN). Two techniques have been proposed for the latency reduction: reduced transmission time interval (RTTI) and fast acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) reporting (FANR).
- Conventionally, an ACK/NACK report is sent in an explicit message, also referred to as a radio link control/medium access control (RLC/MAC) control block. The ACK/NACK report is addressed to a particular radio resource, called a Temporary Block Flow (TBF).
- A TBF is a temporal connection between a mobile station and a network to support a uni-directional transfer of data. A TBF is temporary and is maintained only for the duration of the data transfer. Each TBF is assigned a temporary flow identity (TFI) by the network. The TFI is unique among concurrent TBFs in each direction and is used instead of mobile station identity in the RLC/MAC layer. The same TFI is included in every RLC header belonging to a particular TBF.
- It has been proposed to send the ACK/NACK report for a certain TBF as a “piggyback” on an RLC/MAC data block that may be addressed to another TBF. The field that carries the ACK/NACK report is referred to as a piggybacked ACK/NACK (PAN) field.
- Since the PAN field is included in a data block that may be addressed to a different TBF, it is necessary to identify to which TBF the PAN field is addressed. Various proposals have been made to identify the correct TBF in the PAN field, including using a TFI or an uplink (UL) state flag (USF). During establishment of the uplink TBF, a USF is assigned to each mobile station. The USF is used by the network to indicate which mobile terminal is allowed to transmit in the following uplink radio block.
- In either case, some number of bits, (typically ranging from three to five), should be dedicated to the TBF identity in the PAN field. It would be desirable to have an efficient method of sending the TBF identity in the PAN field such that no dedicated bits are needed to identify the TBF.
- A method and apparatus are described for indicating a TBF to which a PAN field is addressed. A PAN check sequence (PCS) is created, for example using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding. The PCS is masked with a TFI assigned to a TBF or a mask generated based on the TFI. A data block including the PAN field and the masked PCS is then processed for transmission. The mask may be generated by converting the TFI using an (M, N) code, M being the number of bits of the PCS and N being the number of bits of the TFI. With this scheme, a TFI may be transmitted in a PAN field without using explicit bits to identify the TBF.
- A more detailed understanding may be had from the following description, given by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
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FIG. 3 is an example block diagram of a receiving station. - When referred to hereafter, the terminology “wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)” includes but is not limited to a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a pager, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a computer, or any other type of user device capable of operating in a wireless environment. When referred to hereafter, the terminology “base station” includes but is not limited to a Node-B, a site controller, an access point (AP), or any other type of interfacing device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
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FIG. 1 shows anexample radio block 100. Theradio block 100 for data transfer includes one RLC/MAC header 102, a header check sequence (HCS) 104, one or more RLC data block(s) 106, a block check sequence (BCS) 108, aPAN field 110, and aPCS 112. The RLC/MAC header 102, the RLC data block(s) 106 and thePAN field 110 are coded separately for error detection and correction, and a separate checksum, (e.g., a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum), is attached to each of them. The RLC/MAC header 102 contains a control field indicating whether aPAN field 110 is included or not in theradio block 100. TheHCS 104 is used for error detection of the RLC/MAC header 102. The BCS 108 is used for error detection of theRLC data block 106. A separate BCS may be included for each RLC data block. ThePAN field 110 contains piggy-backed ACK/NACK information sent in one direction to provide acknowledgement for a TBF in the other direction. The PCS 112 is used for error detection of thePAN field 110. -
FIG. 2 is an example block diagram of atransmitting station 200. The transmittingstation 200 may be a WTRU, a Node-B, or any other apparatus or device. Thetransmitting station 200 includes anencoder 202, amasking unit 204, and atransceiver 206. A PAN field is input into theencoder 202. Theencoder 202 generates a PCS based on thePAN field 201. For example, the encoder may be a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoder and the PCS may be a CRC checksum generated based on thePAN field 110. Themasking unit 204 then masks the PCS with a TFI, (i.e., TFI is used as a mask). The masking of the PCS bits with the TFI may be performed by modulo-2 addition, (i.e., an exclusive OR (XOR) operation). Thetransceiver 206 sends adata block 100 including thePAN field 110 and the masked PCS 112. With this scheme, a TFI may be transmitted in a PAN field without using explicit bits to identify the TBF. Before transmission, a channel coding, (such as forward error correction (FEC) coding, rate matching, interleaving, or the like), may be performed. - At least one bit of the TFI is masked with at least one bit of the PCS. For example, when the number of PCS bits (M) is greater than the number of TFI bits (N), (e.g., N=5 and M=10), the TFI bits may be mapped to a portion or all of the PCS bits, (e.g., first N bits, last N bits, or a subset of the M bits). The opposite case is also possible if N is greater than M.
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transmitting station 200 may include amask generator 208. Themask generator 208 generates a mask from the TFI, and themasking unit 204 masks the PCS with the mask generated by themask generator 208. The N-bit TFI may be converted into an M-bit mask using an (M, N) code, (M is the number of bits of the PCS), and then the mask may be XORed with the PCS. - Alternatively, the N-bit TFI may be converted into an L-bit mask using an (L, N) code, where L<M, (M is the number of bits of the PCS), and then the mask may be XORed with the PCS. For example, when the number of PCS bits (M) is greater than the number of mask bits (L), (e.g., L=8 and M=10), the mask bits may be mapped to a portion or all of the PCS bits, (e.g., first L bits, last L bits, or a subset of the L bits). The opposite case is also possible.
- The M-bit mask may be selected to provide improved separation, (e.g., Hamming distance), between the M bit sequences. For example, it may be obtained by binary multiplying the N-bit TFI with a generator matrix. A good masking code shall have the largest possible minimum distance and the lowest frequency of occurrence of this minimum value.
- Example generator matrices of the linear binary codes with maximal minimum distances are provided below. In these examples, the TFI is assumed to be 5 bits long.
- (1) A (6,5) code with minimum distance 2 (applicable if M=6):
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- (3) An (8, 5) code with minimum distance 2 (applicable if M=8):
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- (4) A (9, 5) code with minimum distance 3 (applicable if M=9):
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- (5) A (10, 5) code with minimum distance 4 (applicable if M=10):
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- (6) An (11, 5) code with minimum distance 4 (applicable if M=11):
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- It should be noted that the above generator matrices are provided as an example, not as a limitation, and any other variances are also possible. For example, the matrices set forth above may be pre-multiplied and post-multiplied by binary permutation matrices, resulting in new matrices with the rows and/or the columns permuted. This column and/or row permutation will preserve the distance properties of the code.
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FIG. 3 is an example block diagram of a receiving station 300. The receiving station 300 may be a WTRU, a base station, or any other apparatus or device. The receiving station 300 includes a transceiver 302, a de-masking unit 304, and a decoder 306. The receiving station 300 may optionally further include a mask generator 308. The transceiver 302 receives a radio block including a PAN field and a masked PCS, such as the one shown inFIG. 1 . The transceiver 302 outputs the PAN field and the masked PCS. The de-masking unit 304 de-masks the received masked PCS with its own TFI assigned to a TBF or alternatively with a mask generated by the mask generator 308 using its own TFI. The de-masking unit 304 outputs PAN bits and de-masked PCS bits. The decoder 306 then computes a PCS, (e.g., CRC bits), based on the received PAN field and compares the computed PCS with the de-masked received PCS. If the two PCSs agree, then the received PAN field is declared to be addressed to the receiving station 300. If the two PCSs do not agree, the PAN field is declared to be not addressed to the receiving station 300 and then may be discarded. - Alternatively, the decoder 306 may compute a PCS, (e.g., using CRC), and then mask the computed PCS with its TFI or a mask generated based on the TFI and then compare the computed masked PCS to the received masked PCS.
- The receiving station 300 may need to decode the received PAN against more than 1 stored TFIs because the receiving station 300 may be allocated more than one TBF, and each TBF has a TFI of its own. When multiple TBFs are allocated to the receiving station 300, the receiving station 300 determines which TBF the PAN is addressed by de-masking against each possible TFI corresponding to its allocated TBFs.
- Although features and elements are described above in particular combinations, each feature or element can be used alone without the other features and elements or in various combinations with or without other features and elements. The methods or flow charts provided herein may be implemented in a computer program, software, or firmware incorporated in a computer-readable storage medium for execution by a general purpose computer or a processor. Examples of computer-readable storage mediums include a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a register, cache memory, semiconductor memory devices, magnetic media such as internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and optical media such as CD-ROM disks, and digital versatile disks (DVDs).
- Suitable processors include, by way of example, a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), and/or a state machine.
- A processor in association with software may be used to implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), terminal, base station, radio network controller (RNC), or any host computer. The WTRU may be used in conjunction with modules, implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a keyboard, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display unit, a digital music player, a media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser, and/or any wireless local area network (WLAN) or Ultra Wide Band (UWB) module.
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1. A method for use in a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)/Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) Radio Access Network (GERAN) compliant base station, the method comprising:
receiving a first data block associated with an uplink temporary block flow (TBF), wherein the first data block includes a first header that includes a temporary flow identity (TFI) that identifies the uplink TBF;
generating a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field corresponding to the uplink TBF;
generating a PAN check sequence (PCS) based on the PAN field;
masking a subset of PCS bits with the TFI to generate a masked PCS;
generating a second data block, associated with a downlink TBF, that includes a second header, a data part corresponding to the downlink TBF, the PAN field, and the masked PCS; and
transmitting the second data block.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subset of PCS bits is a first N bits of the PCS bits, or a last N bits of the PCS bits.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PCS is generated by performing cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding with the PAN field.
4. A Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)/Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) Radio Access Network (GERAN) compliant base station comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a first data block associated with an uplink temporary block flow (TBF), wherein the first data block includes a first header that includes a temporary flow identity (TFI) that identifies the uplink TBF;
a processor configured to:
generate a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field corresponding to the uplink TBF;
generate a PAN check sequence (PCS) based on the PAN field;
mask a subset of PCS bits with the TFI to generate a masked PCS; and
generate a second data block, associated with a downlink TBF, that includes a second header, a data part corresponding to the downlink TBF, the PAN field, and the masked PCS; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the second data block.
5. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the subset of PCS bits is a first N bits of the PCS bits, or a last N bits of the PCS bits.
6. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate the PCS by performing cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding with the PAN field.
7. A method for use in a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)/Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) Radio Access Network (GERAN) compliant base station, the method comprising:
transmitting a first data block associated with a downlink temporary block flow (TBF), wherein the first data block includes a first header that includes a temporary flow identity (TFI) that identifies the downlink TBF;
receiving a second data block associated with an uplink TBF, wherein the second data block includes a header, a data part corresponding to the uplink TBF, a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field corresponding to the downlink TBF, and a masked PAN check sequence (PCS), wherein the masked PCS was masked with the TFI that identifies the downlink TBF; and
de-masking the masked PCS using the TFI that identifies the downlink TBF.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the de-masking further comprises:
de-masking the masked PCS using all TFIs identifying all TBFs associated with the base station.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the de-masking further comprises:
performing cyclic redundancy check (CRC) decoding with the PAN field.
10. A Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)/Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) Radio Access Network (GERAN) compliant base station comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a first data block associated with a downlink temporary block flow (TBF), wherein the first data block includes a first header that includes a temporary flow identity (TFI) that identifies the downlink TBF;
a receiver configured to receive a second data block associated with an uplink TBF, wherein the second data block includes a header, a data part corresponding to the uplink TBF, a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field corresponding to the downlink TBF, and a masked PAN check sequence (PCS), wherein the masked PCS was masked with the TFI that identifies the downlink TBF; and
a processor configured to de-mask the masked PCS using the TFI that identifies the downlink TBF.
11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to de-mask the masked PCS using all TFIs identifying all TBFs associated with the base station.
12. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to de-mask the masked PCS by performing cyclic redundancy check (CRC) decoding with the PAN field.
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