IP Library Granted Patent US 9,906,976
Granted Patent B2
US 9,906,976 · App. 14/784,682 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Mobile station and radio base station

Inventors: Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Kiyoshima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W28/0278H04L47/6275H04W28/0205H04W28/10H04W72/1284H04L47/12H04L47/14H04L47/2433H04L47/2441H04L47/30
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Patent No.
US 9,906,976
App. No.
14/784,682
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile station UE notifies a radio base station of a total amount of data accumulated in a buffer with granularity finer than an LCG. A mobile station UE according to the present invention includes: a management unit 11 configured to manage LCGs and manage DFGs each of which is a group of one or more priorities assigned to one or more data flows; and a transmission unit 13 configured to notify a radio base station eNB of a total amount of data remaining in a buffer for each of combinations of the LCGs and DFGs.

Claims (23)

1. A mobile station comprising:

a processor that manages priority groups each of which is a group of one or more priorities assigned to one or more data flows; and

a transmitter that notifies a radio base station of a total amount of data remaining in a buffer for a certain priority group,

wherein when data is remaining in a buffer for a priority group other than the certain priority group, the transmitter provides notification that the data is remaining in the buffer for the priority group other than the certain priority group, without providing notification of a total amount of data remaining in the buffer for the other priority group,

wherein the certain priority group is a priority group whose Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is not running, and

wherein the Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is started in response to an instruction from the radio base station.

2. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein a value of the Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is set independently for each of the priority groups.

3. A radio base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits an instruction to a mobile station that provides notification of a total amount of data remaining in a buffer for each of priority groups which is a group of one or more priorities assigned to one or more data flows,

the instruction instructing the mobile station to, when data is remaining in a buffer for a priority group other than a certain priority group, provide notification that the data is remaining in the buffer for the priority group other than the certain priority group, without providing notification of a total amount of the data remaining in the buffer for the other priority group,

wherein the certain priority group is a priority group whose Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is not running, and

wherein the Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is started in response to an instruction from the radio base station.

4. A mobile station comprising:

a processor that manages priority groups each of which is a group of one or more priorities assigned to one or more data flows; and

a transmitter that notifies a radio base station of a total amount of data remaining in a buffer for a certain priority group,

wherein when data is remaining in a buffer for a priority group other than the certain priority group, the transmitter provides notification that the data is remaining in the buffer for the priority group other than the certain priority group, without providing notification of a total amount of data remaining in the buffer for the other priority group,

wherein the certain priority group is a priority group whose Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is not running, and

wherein a value of the Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is set independently for each of the priority groups.

5. A radio base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits an instruction to a mobile station that provides notification of a total amount of data remaining in a buffer for each of priority groups which is a group of one or more priorities assigned to one or more data flows,

the instruction instructing the mobile station to, when data is remaining in a buffer for a priority group other than a certain priority group, provide notification that the data is remaining in the buffer for the priority group other than the certain priority group, without providing notification of a total amount of the data remaining in the buffer for the other priority group,

wherein the certain priority group is a priority group whose Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is not running, and

wherein a value of the Buffer Status Report prohibit timer is set independently for each of the priority groups.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2015
From: UCHINO, TOORU; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; HAPSARI, WURI ANDARMAWANTI; KIYOSHIMA, KOHEI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-087720 · Apr 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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