US 11,943,053 B2
Code block header for fast RLC PDU deliveries in 5G NR
Xixian Chen, Ottawa (CA); Qingchao Liu, Ottawa (CA); and Yashar Nezami, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/422,785
Filed by Xixian Chen, Ottawa (CA); Qingchao Liu, Ottawa (CA); and Yashar Nezami, Ottawa (CA)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/051336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170008, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094477 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 1/0083 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0084 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a sending node of a communications network, the method implemented in the sending node PHY layer and comprising:
encoding a transport block, TB, including data of at least one protocol data unit (PDU) to generate a code block group, CBG comprising one or more Code Blocks, CBs, each CB being independently encoded with a respective cyclic redundancy check, CRC, value;
defining a CBG header indicative of a starting location of a first PDU within the CBG; and
transmitting the CBG including the CBG header to a receiving node of the communications network.