Radio base station, wireless terminal, methods performed therein, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed in a wireless terminal ( 10 ) for managing or handling uplink, UL, data transmissions in a radio communications network ( 1 ), wherein the wireless terminal ( 10 ) is served by a first radio base station ( 12 ) and a second radio base station ( 13 ) providing dual connectivity to the wireless terminal ( 10 ) in the radio communications network ( 1 ). The wireless terminal ( 10 ) transmits a buffer status report, BSR, to the first and/or second radio base station when a trigger is being fulfilled as configured at the wireless terminal ( 10 ). Furthermore, the wireless terminal ( 10 ) handles multiplexing of an uplink data transmission towards the first and second radio base stations according to a static configuration defining how to multiplex Media Access Control Service Data Units, MAC SDUs, from one or different logical channels onto transport blocks to be delivered to a physical layer on transport channels of a given radio base station out of the first radio base station and the second radio base station; and/or according to a second configuration where if there is data available for multiple logical channels with equal priority towards one of the radio base stations, then data of a logical channel for which the buffer status report is configured towards a radio base station providing a grant, is prioritized.
1. A method performed in a wireless terminal for managing or handling uplink (UL) data transmissions in a radio communications network, wherein the wireless terminal is served by a first radio base station and a second radio base station providing dual connectivity to the wireless terminal in the radio communications network, the method comprising:
transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) to the first radio base station or second radio base station, or both, in response to a trigger being fulfilled as configured at the wireless terminal; and
handling multiplexing of an uplink data transmission towards the first and second radio base stations according to a configuration where if there is data available for multiple logical channels with equal priority towards one of the radio base stations, then data of a logical channel for which the buffer status report is configured towards a radio base station providing a grant is prioritized.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration applies strict prioritization where data of the logical channel for which the buffer status report is configured is always prioritized.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration applies prioritization until a number of bytes corresponding to the transmitted buffer status report towards the radio base station providing the grant is reached.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a grant, which grant is provided from at least one of the radio base stations out of the first radio base station and the second radio base station.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a configuration from at least one of the radio base stations defining the configuration.
6. A method performed in a radio base station for handling uplink (UL) data transmissions from a wireless terminal in a radio communications network, wherein the radio base station is one radio base station out of at least two radio base stations serving the wireless terminal providing dual connectivity to the wireless terminal in the radio communications network, the method comprising:
receiving a buffer status report (BSR) from the wireless terminal indicating that a trigger is fulfilled for reporting the BSR; and
receiving an uplink data transmission multiplexed according to a configuration where if there is data available for multiple logical channels with equal priority towards one radio base station out of the at least two radio base stations, then data of a logical channel for which the BSR is configured towards a radio base station providing a grant is prioritized.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising configuring the wireless terminal for performing reporting of the BSR to the radio base station and/or another radio base station out of the at least two radio base stations, when a trigger is being fulfilled.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising configuring the wireless terminal for handling multiplexing of the uplink data transmission according to the configuration.
9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing the wireless terminal with a grant.
10. A wireless terminal for managing or handling uplink (UL) data transmissions in a radio communications network, wherein the wireless terminal is configured for dual connectivity wherein the wireless terminal is served by a first radio base station and a second radio base station in the radio communications network, the wireless terminal being configured to:
transmit a buffer status report (BSR) to the first radio base station or the second radio base station, or both, in response to a trigger being fulfilled as configured at the wireless terminal; and
handle multiplexing of an uplink data transmission towards the first and second radio base stations according to a configuration where if there is data available for multiple logical channels with equal priority towards one of the radio base stations, then data of a logical channel for which the buffer status report is configured towards a radio base station providing a grant is prioritized.
11. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , wherein the configuration applies strict prioritization where data of the logical channel for which the buffer status report is configured is always prioritized.
12. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , wherein the configuration applies prioritization until a number of bytes corresponding to the transmitted buffer status report towards the radio base station providing the grant is reached.
13. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , being configured to receive a grant, which grant is provided from at least one of the radio base stations out of the first radio base station and the second radio base station.
14. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , being configured to receive a configuration from at least one of the radio base stations defining the configuration.
15. A radio base station for handling uplink (UL) data transmissions from a wireless terminal in a radio communications network, wherein the radio base station is one radio base station configured, out of at least two radio base stations, to serve the wireless terminal, thereby providing dual connectivity to the wireless terminal in the radio communications network, the radio base station being configured to
receive a buffer status report (BSR) from the wireless terminal indicating that a trigger is fulfilled for reporting the BSR; and
receive an uplink data transmission multiplexed according to a configuration where if there is data available for multiple logical channels with equal priority towards one radio base station out of the at least two radio base stations, then data of a logical channel for which the BSR is configured towards a radio base station providing a grant is prioritized.
16. A radio base station according to claim 15 , further being configured to configure the wireless terminal for performing reporting of the BSR to the radio base station and/or another radio base station out of the at least two radio base stations, when a trigger is being fulfilled.
17. A radio base station according to claim 15 , further being configured to configure the wireless terminal for handling multiplexing of the uplink data transmission according to the configuration.
18. A radio base station according to claim 15 , further being configured to provide the wireless terminal with a grant.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed on at least one processor of a wireless terminal, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to claim 1 .