Method and apparatus for improving transmission resource utilization
View Patent ↗A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided in order to manage transmission of data. In this regard, the method comprises populating a first portion of a transmission data allocation with data of a first data type associated with a first one of a plurality of transmission grants, the plurality of transmission grants defining an allowed amount of transmission data for a plurality of data types, each transmission grant associated with one or more of the data types, populating a second portion of the transmission data allocation with data of a second data type associated with a second one of the plurality of transmission grants, determining, using a processor, that additional space remains in the first portion of the transmission data allocation, and populating the transmission data allocation with data of the second data type equal to a size of the additional space.
1. A method for controlling data transmission, the method comprising:
determining, with circuitry, a transmission data allocation size for a plurality of transmission grants, the plurality of transmission grants defining a transmission allowance for a plurality of data types, each transmission grant being associated with one or more of the data types;
populating, with the circuitry, a first portion of the transmission data allocation associated with a first one of the plurality of transmission grants with data of a first data type associated with the first one of the plurality of transmission grants;
populating, with the circuitry, a second portion of the transmission data allocation associated with a second one of the plurality of transmission grants with data of a second data type associated with the second one of the plurality of transmission grants;
determining, with the circuitry, that additional space remains in the first portion of the transmission data allocation; and
populating, with the circuitry, the first portion of the transmission data allocation with data of the second data type equal to a size of the additional space.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data type is non-scheduled data and the second data type is scheduled data.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the transmission data allocation to be transmitted to a network node.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission data allocation is a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the plurality of transmission grants;
determining the transmission data allocation size based on an aggregate size of the received transmission grants; and
creating the transmission data allocation corresponding to the transmission data allocation size.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission data allocation is created according to a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System protocol or a Long Term Evolution protocol.
7. An apparatus for controlling data transmission, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
determine a transmission data allocation size for a plurality of transmission grants, the plurality of transmission grants defining a transmission allowance for a plurality of data types, each transmission grant being associated with one or more of the data types;
populate a first portion of the transmission data allocation associated with a first one of the plurality of transmission grants with data of a first data type associated with the first one of the plurality of transmission grants;
populate a second portion of the transmission data allocation associated with a second one of the plurality of transmission grants with data of a second data type associated with the second one of the plurality of transmission grants;
determine that additional space remains in the first portion of the transmission data allocation; and
populate the first portion of the transmission data allocation with data of the second data type equal to a size of the additional space.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first data type is non-scheduled data and the second data type is scheduled data.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer-readable instructions further cause the at least one processor to cause the transmission data allocation to be transmitted to a network node.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the transmission data allocation is a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the at least one processor to
receive the plurality of transmission grants;
determine the transmission data allocation size based on the aggregate size of the received transmission grants; and
create the transmission data allocation corresponding to the transmission data allocation size.
12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the at least one processor to communicate according to a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System protocol or a Long Term Evolution protocol.
13. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the apparatus is a user equipment.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the user equipment is a mobile telephone.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
populating a first portion of a transmission data allocation associated with a first one of a plurality of transmission grants with data of a first data type associated with the first one of the plurality of transmission grants, the plurality of transmission grants defining a transmission window for a plurality of data types, each transmission grant being associated with one or more of the data types;
populating a second portion of the transmission data allocation associated with a second one of the plurality of transmission grants with data of a second data type associated with the second one of the plurality of transmission grants;
determining that additional space remains in the first portion of the transmission data allocation; and
populating the first portion of transmission data allocation with data of the second data type equal to a size of the additional space.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first data type is non-scheduled data and the second data type is scheduled data.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising causing the transmission data allocation to be transmitted to a network node.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the transmission data allocation is a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving the plurality of transmission grants; determine the transmission data allocation size based on the aggregate size of the received transmission grants; and
creating the transmission data allocation corresponding to the transmission data allocation size.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the transmission data allocation is created according to a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System protocol or a Long Term Evolution protocol.