| CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) [H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 69/321 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor coupled to one or more memories storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a first adaptation layer entity at an adaptation layer in the communication apparatus, a data packet from a lower layer entity at a protocol layer that is lower than the adaptation layer in the communication apparatus, wherein the data packet comprises an adaptation layer header and an adaptation layer payload;
determining whether the communication apparatus is a destination node that the data packet is routed to at the adaptation layer; and
in response to determining that the communication apparatus is the destination node, sending the adaptation layer payload of the data packet to an upper layer entity at a protocol layer that is upper than the adaptation layer in the communication apparatus.
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