IP Library Granted Patent US 10,218,558
Granted Patent B2
US 10,218,558 · App. 15/497,191 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Media access control mechanism in a wireless device

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC
H04L29/06319H04L5/0055H04L5/0098H04L27/32H04W36/0072H04W56/001H04W56/0005H04W74/008H04W76/27H04W88/08H04W28/00H04W28/18H04W52/00H04W52/365H04W56/00H04W72/042H04W74/00H04W74/0833H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,218,558
App. No.
15/497,191
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a first logical channel in a plurality of logical channels. The configuration parameters indicate a first mapping restriction of the first logical channel to at least one first radio resource types in a plurality of radio resource types. The wireless device receives an uplink grant indicating radio resources of a radio resource type in the plurality of radio resource types. The wireless device restart a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer in response to the uplink grant meeting first criteria. The first BSR retransmission timer is employed for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of the first logical channel. The first criteria comprise the radio resource type being of one of the at least one first radio resource type. The wireless device triggers a BSR transmission in response to the first BSR retransmission timer expiring.

Claims (36)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a first logical channel in a plurality of logical channels, wherein the configuration parameters indicate a first mapping restriction of the first logical channel to at least one first radio resource type of a plurality of radio resource types, the at least one first radio resource type indicating one of a licensed radio resource type or an unlicensed radio resource type;

receiving, by the wireless device, an uplink grant indicating radio resources of a radio resource type in the plurality of radio resource types;

restarting a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer in response to the uplink grant meeting first criteria, wherein:

the first BSR retransmission timer is employed for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of the first logical channel; and

the first criteria comprises the radio resource type being of one of the at least one first radio resource type; and

triggering a BSR transmission in response to the first BSR retransmission timer expiring.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising restarting the first BSR retransmission timer in response to transmitting a BSR that comprises a report for a buffer of a first logical channel that triggered the BSR.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising not restarting a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer in response to transmitting a BSR, when the BSR does not comprise a report for a buffer of a first logical channel that triggered the BSR.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first radio resource type indicates a cell type.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping restriction is based, at least in part, on one or more quality of service (QoS) requirements of the logical channel.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a QoS requirement is based on a latency requirement of the logical channel.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the logical channel is configured with a priority and a prioritized bit rate (PBR).

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising restarting a second BSR retransmission timer in response to the uplink grant meeting second criteria, wherein:

the second BSR retransmission timer is employed for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of a second logical channel; and

the second criteria comprise the radio resource type being of at least one second radio resource type.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message comprises a parameter indicating a value for the first BSR retransmission timer.

10. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a first logical channel in a plurality of logical channels, wherein the configuration parameters indicate a first mapping restriction of the first logical channel to at least one first radio resource type of a plurality of radio resource types, the at least one first radio resource type indicating one of a licensed radio resource type or an unlicensed radio resource type;

receive an uplink grant indicating radio resources of a radio resource type in the plurality of radio resource types;

restarting a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer in response to the uplink grant meeting first criteria, wherein:

the first BSR retransmission timer is employed for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of the first logical channel; and

the first criteria comprises the radio resource type being of one of the at least one first radio resource type; and

trigger a BSR transmission in response to the first BSR retransmission timer expiring.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to restart the first BSR retransmission timer in response to transmitting a BSR that comprises a report for a buffer of a first logical channel that triggered the BSR.

12. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to not restart a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer in response to transmitting a BSR, when the BSR does not comprise a report for a buffer of a first logical channel that triggered the BSR.

13. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one first radio resource type indicates a cell type.

14. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the mapping restriction is based, at least in part, on one or more quality of service (QoS) requirements of the logical channel.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein a QoS requirement is based on a latency requirement of the logical channel.

16. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the logical channel is configured with a priority and a prioritized bit rate (PBR).

17. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to restart a second BSR retransmission timer in response to the uplink grant meeting second criteria, wherein:

the second BSR retransmission timer is employed for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of a second logical channel; and

the second criteria comprise the radio resource type being of at least one second radio resource type.

18. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one message comprises a parameter indicating a value for the first BSR retransmission timer.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MISSING 5 PAGES SHOWING CHANGE OF NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049307 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 10, 2020
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 055080/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: OFINNO LLC.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054314/0854 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2019
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 049307/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2017
From: DINAN, ESMAEL
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 042206/0733 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62327258 · Apr 25, 2016
Provisional Application 62327310 · Apr 25, 2016
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