IP Library Granted Patent US 9,756,614
Granted Patent B2
US 9,756,614 · App. 13/712,265 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Reporting method of terminal buffer state report (BSR), obtaining method for obtaining BSR from base station, and corresponding terminal, base station, communication system

Inventors: Haibo Xu (Beijing, CN); Yoshiaki Ohta (Kanagawa, JP); Katsumasa Sugiyama (Kanagawa, JP); Paul Bucknell (Middlesex, GB)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W72/0406H04W28/12
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Patent No.
US 9,756,614
App. No.
13/712,265
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a reporting method of terminal Buffer State Report (BSR), obtaining method for obtaining the BSR from a base station, and corresponding terminal, base station, communication system. The terminal includes: buffer state index table; at least one extended buffer state index table; index table selector, selecting one of the index table from the said buffer state index table and the said at least one extended buffer state index table; index determination device, determining the index which is corresponding to the data quantity in the said index table according to the data quantity in the terminal buffer; index sender, sending the said index to the base station.

Claims (63)

1. A terminal, comprising:

a buffer status report table;

at least another table for extended buffer status report;

a receiver circuitry adapted to look for an indication in a signaling received from a base station wherein the indication corresponds to a type of buffer status report table and to select a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report based on the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal;

and

an index sender adapted to send to a base station an index obtained from the selected table according to an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a range of the amount of data corresponding to the buffer status report table and a range of amount of data corresponding to the at least another table for extended buffer status report have an inclusion relationship.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a range of the amount of data corresponding to the buffer status report table and a range of the amount of data corresponding to the at least another table for extended buffer status report have a succession relationship.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling received from the base station is selected from the group consisting of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a Media Access Control (MAC) signaling.

5. A buffer status report method of a terminal, the terminal comprising a table for buffer status report and at least another table for extended buffer status report, the method comprising:

looking for an indication in a signaling received from a base station wherein the indication corresponds to a type of buffer status report table, and is determined based on a type of the terminal;

selecting a table from among the table for buffer status report and the at least another table for extended buffer status report based on the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table;

obtaining an index from the selected table, according to an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal; and

sending the index to a base station.

6. A base station, comprising:

a buffer status report table;

at least another table for extended buffer status report;

a transceiver circuitry adapted to select a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report and send an indication in a RRC Connection Setup signaling to a terminal so that the terminal is able to look for the indication to select a table at the terminal based on the indication corresponding to a type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to a type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal; and

an index receiver adapted to receive an index from the terminal

and adapted to determine an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal according to the index received.

7. A buffer status report obtaining method at a base station, the base station comprising a table for buffer status report and at least another table for extended buffer status report, the method comprising:

selecting a table from among the table for buffer status report and the at least another table for extended buffer status report and send an indication in a RRC Connection Setup signaling to a terminal so that the terminal is able to look for the indication to select a table at the terminal based on the indication corresponding to a type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal;

receiving an index from the terminal; and

determining an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal according to the index from the selected table.

8. A communication system, comprising:

a terminal and a base station, wherein

the terminal includes,

a buffer status report table;

at least another table for extended buffer status report;

a receiver circuitry adapted to look for an indication in a signaling received from a base station wherein the indication corresponds to a type of buffer status report table and to select a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report based on the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal;

and

an index sender adapted to send to a base station an index obtained from the selected table according to an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal,

wherein

the base station includes,

an index receiver adapted to receive the index from the terminal

and adapted to determine the amount of data in the buffer of the terminal according to the index received.

9. A terminal, comprising:

memory including a buffer status report table and at least another table for extended buffer status report; and

processing circuitry configured:

to look for an indication in a signaling received from a base station wherein the indication corresponds to a type of buffer status report table and to select a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report, based on the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal,

to obtain an index from the selected table, according to an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal, and

to cause the index to be sent to a base station.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein a range of the amount of data corresponding to the buffer status report table and a range of amount of data corresponding to the at least another table for extended buffer status report have an inclusion relationship.

11. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein a range of the amount of data corresponding to the buffer status report table and a range of the amount of data corresponding to the at least another table for extended buffer status report have a succession relationship.

12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the signaling received from the base station is selected from the group consisting of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a Media Access Control (MAC) signaling.

13. A base station, comprising:

memory including a buffer status report table and at least another table for extended buffer status report; and

processing circuitry configured

to select a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report and send an indication in a RRC Connection Setup signaling to a terminal so that the terminal is able to look for the indication to select a table at the terminal based on the indication corresponding to a type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal,

to receive an index from the terminal, and

to determine an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal according to the index from the selected table.

14. A communication system, comprising:

a terminal and a base station, wherein

the terminal includes,

memory including a buffer status report table and at least another table for extended buffer status report; and

processing circuitry configured:

to look for an indication in a signaling received from a base station wherein the indication corresponds to a type of buffer status report table and to select a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report, based on the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table is determined based on a type of the terminal,

to obtain an index from the selected table, according to an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal, and

to cause the index to be sent to the base station;

wherein

the base station includes,

a receiver configured to receive the index from the terminal; and

processing circuitry configured to determine the amount of data in the buffer of the terminal according to the index.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 072422/0862 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2013
From: XU, HAIBO; OHTA, YOSHIAKI; SUGIYAMA, KATSUMASA; BUCKNELL, PAUL
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029846/0677 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2010074076 · Jun 18, 2010
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