IP Library Granted Patent US 10,887,152
Granted Patent B2
US 10,887,152 · App. 16/283,122 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Wireless device buffer status reporting

Inventor: Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA)
H04L29/06319H04L5/0044H04L5/0055H04L5/0092H04L5/0098H04L27/0006H04L27/32H04L65/80H04W16/14H04W36/0072H04W56/001H04W56/0005H04W72/1284H04W74/008H04W76/27H04W88/08H04L5/0091H04W28/00H04W28/18H04W52/00H04W52/365H04W56/00H04W72/042H04W74/00H04W74/0833H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,887,152
App. No.
16/283,122
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters for a first logical channel indicating 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 indicates one of a licensed radio resource type or an unlicensed radio resource type. An uplink grant indicating radio resources of a radio resource type in the plurality of radio resource types is received. Based a determination that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of the at least one first radio resource type based on the first mapping restriction, a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of the first logical channel is restarted. A BSR transmission is triggered in response to the first BSR retransmission timer expiring.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters for a first logical channel, wherein the configuration parameters indicate a first mapping restriction restricting 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;

determining that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of the at least one first radio resource type to which the first mapping restriction restricts the first logical channel;

based on the determining, restarting a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of the first logical channel; and

triggering a first 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 the buffer of the first logical channel.

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

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 first mapping restriction is based, at least in part, on one or more quality of service (QoS) requirements of the first logical channel.

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

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

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters for the first logical channel further indicate a value for the first BSR retransmission timer.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of at least one second radio resource type based on a second mapping restriction;

based on the determining that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of the at least one second radio resource type, restarting a second BSR retransmission timer for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of a second logical channel; and

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

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising restarting the second BSR retransmission timer in response to transmitting a BSR that comprises a report for the buffer of the second logical channel.

11. 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 configuration parameters for a first logical channel, wherein the configuration parameters indicate a first mapping restriction restricting 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;

determine that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of the at least one first radio resource type to which the first mapping restriction restricts the first logical channel;

based on the determination, restart a first buffer status report (BSR) retransmission timer for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of the first logical channel; and

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

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , 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 transmission of a BSR that comprises a report for the buffer of the first logical channel.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to not restart the first BSR retransmission timer in response to transmission of a BSR that does not comprise a report for the buffer of the first logical channel.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one first radio resource type indicates a cell type.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first mapping restriction is based, at least in part, on one or more quality of service (QoS) requirements of the first logical channel.

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

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first logical channel is configured with a priority and a prioritized bit rate (PBR).

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the configuration parameters for the first logical channel further indicate a value for the first BSR retransmission timer.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

determine that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of at least one second radio resource type based on a second mapping restriction;

based on the determination that the radio resource type of the uplink grant is one of the at least one second radio resource type, restart a second BSR retransmission timer for triggering a BSR indicating an amount of data comprising data of a buffer of a second logical channel; and

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

20. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to restart the second BSR retransmission timer in response to transmission of a BSR that comprises a report for the buffer of the second logical channel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: OFINNO LLC.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054314/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2020
From: DINAN, ESMAEL H
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 053921/0927 →