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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
William J. Semper, Dallas, TX (US);
Hyunseok Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
There is disclosed for use in a wireless communications device, a medium access control (MAC) message acknowledgment system for acknowledging MAC messages transmitted in an RF control channel between the wireless communications device and a remote communications unit. The MAC message acknowledgment system comprises a control processor capable of receiving an outbound MAC message unit from a MAC layer device in the wireless communications device and attaching a header to the outbound MAC message unit to thereby form an outbound MAC message suitable for transmission to the remote communications unit, the header comprising logic bits identifying the outbound MAC message unit to the remote communications device to thereby enable the remote communications unit to acknowledge receipt of the outbound MAC message.