PRE-GRANT PACKET HEADER PROCESSING

Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to establish one or more headers respectively corresponding with one or more Service Data Units (SDUs). The second circuitry may be operable to form one or more respectively corresponding first Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to include the one or more headers and the one or more SDUs. The second circuitry may also be operable to form a second PDU to include the one or more first PDUs based on one or more resource grants from a Physical Layer (PHY). The one or more resource grants may be available from the PHY after the one or more first PDUs are formed.