The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting data over a
wireless channel from a data transmitting node to a data receiving node in a communication
system. In particular, the data transmitting node comprises second-layer
processing circuitry for receiving, from a third layer, at least one second-layer
service data unit, SDU, to be mapped onto a resource allocated for
data transmission, and for generating a second-layer
protocol data unit, PDU, including said at least one second-layer SDU and at least one second-layer control element, the at least one second-layer control element placed after any of the at least one second-layer SDU, and first-layer
processing circuitry for receiving the second-layer PDU generated by the second-layer
processing circuitry and mapping the second-layer PDU onto the resource allocated for
data transmission. The data receiving node comprises first-layer processing circuitry for de-mapping at least one second-layer
protocol data unit, PDU, from a resource allocated for data reception, and a second layer processing circuitry for receiving and
parsing the second-layer PDU de-mapped by the first-layer processing circuitry, the second-layer PDU including at least one second-layer
service data unit, SDU, and at least one second-layer control element, the at least one second-layer control element following any of the at least one second-layer SDU.