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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2012
Chia-wei Yen, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jian-li Mao, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chia-Wei Yen, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jian-Li Mao, Hsinchu County, TW;
MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method of converging a plurality of communication standards is disclosed. The method comprises providing a medium access control (MAC) abstraction sub-layer, wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer is arranged between an upper layer and a plurality of MAC layers of the plurality of communication standards; and providing a corresponding service management entity (SME) between the MAC abstraction sub-layer and the plurality of MAC layers and a plurality of physical (PHY) layers of the plurality of communication standards in a control plane; wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer communicates with the plurality of MAC layers and the plurality of PHY layers in the control plane via the corresponding SME, and the corresponding SME communicates with the MAC abstraction sub-layer via an application programming interface (API).