Buffer state report transmission method and device therefor
Provided are methods and apparatuses for transmitting a buffer status report in carrier aggregation environment. The method may include receiving, from a base station, high layer signaling including information for configuring data duplicate transmission using carrier aggregation, configuring a plurality of radio link control (RLC) entities including a first RLC entity and a second RLC entity associated with one packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity based on the high layer signaling, and configuring a logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and a logical channel associated with the second RLC entity to one medium access control (MAC) entity; and when the data duplicate transmission is activated, transmitting, to the base station, the buffer status report including PDCP data volume in both a logical channel group associated with the first RLC entity and a logical channel group associated with the second RLC entity.
1. A method of a user equipment configured with carrier aggregation for transmitting a buffer status report for single base station based data duplication transmission, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, high layer signaling including information for configuring the single base station based data duplicate transmission using carrier aggregation;
configuring a plurality of radio link control (RLC) entities including a first RLC entity and a second RLC entity associated with one packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity based on the high layer signaling, and configuring a logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and a logical channel associated with the second RLC entity to one medium access control (MAC) entity, wherein the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity of the user equipment are respectively and logically connected to corresponding RLC entities included in the base station; and
when the data duplicate transmission is activated, transmitting, to the base station, the buffer status report including PDCP data volume in both a logical channel group associated with the first RLC entity and a logical channel group associated with the second RLC entity.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one MAC entity transmits respective data transferred through the logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and the logical channel associated with the second RLC entity to the base station through different carriers from one another.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the activation of the data duplicate transmission is instructed by the base station through a MAC control element for each data radio bearer.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity are configured to be associated with different logical channels from each other based on a logical channel identifier.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a PDCP control PDU included in the PDCP data volume is included in only the logical channel group associated with the first RLC entity.
6. A method of a base station configuring carrier aggregation for a buffer status report for single base station based data duplication transmission, the method comprising:
generating information for configuring the single base station based data duplicate transmission using the carrier aggregation;
transmitting, to a user equipment, high layer signaling including the information for configuring the single base station based data duplicate transmission using the carrier aggregation; and
when the data duplicate transmission is activated, receiving the buffer status report including packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data volume of the user equipment in both a logical channel group associated with a first radio link control (RLC) entity of the user equipment and a logical channel group associated with a second RLC entity of the user equipment, where the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity of the user equipment are respectively and logically connected to RLC entities included in the base station.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the information for configuring the data duplicate transmission is configured by associating of the user equipment the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity with one PDCP entity and includes information for configuring the logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and the logical channel associated with the second RLC entity to one medium access control (MAC) entity configured in the user equipment.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity are configured to be associated with different logical channels from each other based on a logical channel identifier.
9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a PDCP control PDU included in the PDCP data volume is included in only the logical channel group associated with the first RLC entity.
10. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising: before the buffer status report is received, transmitting information for instructing the data duplicate transmission of the user equipment to be activated through a MAC control element for each data radio bearer.
11. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the base station receives respective data transferred through the logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and the logical channel associated with the second RLC entity through different carriers from one another.
12. A user equipment configured with carrier aggregation for transmitting a buffer status report for single base station based data duplication transmission, the user equipment comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, high layer signaling including information for configuring the single base station based data duplicate transmission using carrier aggregation;
a controller configured to configure a plurality of RLC entities including a first radio link control (RLC) entity and a second RLC entity associated with one packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity based on the high layer signaling, and configure a logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and a logical channel associated with the second RLC entity to one medium access control (MAC) entity, wherein the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity of the user equipment are respectively and logically connected to corresponding RLC entities included in the base station; and
a transmitter is configured to transmit, to the base station, the buffer status report including PDCP data volume in both a logical channel group associated with the first RLC entity and a logical channel group associated with the second RLC entity when the data duplicate transmission is activated.
13. The user equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the one MAC entity transmits respective data transferred through the logical channel associated with the first RLC entity and the logical channel associated with the second RLC entity to the base station through different carriers from one another.
14. The user equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the activation of the data duplicate transmission is instructed by the base station through a MAC control element for each data radio bearer.
15. The user equipment according to claim 12 , wherein a PDCP control PDU included in the PDCP data volume is included in only the logical channel group associated with the first RLC entity.
16. The user equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the first RLC entity and the second RLC entity are configured to be associated with the one PDCP entity based on a logical channel identifier.