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Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,688 · App. 16/774,187 · Granted May 30, 2023

Coordination between prose BSR and cellular BSR

Inventors: Mats Folke (Luleå, SE); Yunxi Li (Järfälla, SE); Magnus Stattin (Upplands Väsby, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W72/1268H04W28/0278H04W72/21H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 11,665,688
App. No.
16/774,187
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method in a wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises sending a scheduling request to a network node, and receiving, from the network node in response to the scheduling request, a grant of uplink resources. The method further comprises determining whether the granted uplink resources are at least equal to or larger than the resources required for transmission of both a buffer status report (BSR) and a sidelink BSR, and upon determining that the granted uplink resources are at least equal to or larger than the resources required for transmission of both the BSR and the sidelink BSR, communicating the BSR, and the sidelink BSR to the network node in a single medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU).

Claims (38)

1. A method in a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, from a network node, a grant of uplink resources;

determining that the granted uplink resources are not at least equal to or larger than the resources required for transmission of both a buffer status report (BSR) and a sidelink BSR;

determining an amount of additional resources needed to include at least a portion of the sidelink BSR in a subsequent uplink transmission; and

transmitting, to the network node, an uplink transmission comprising the BSR, the uplink transmission including an indication of the amount of additional resources needed to include at least the portion of the sidelink BSR in the subsequent uplink transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating, in the subsequent uplink transmission, at least the portion of the sidelink BSR to the network node.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

truncating the sidelink BSR to generate a single medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) for transmission in the uplink transmission.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink transmission comprises:

the truncated sidelink BSR that does not include the portion of the sidelink BSR for the subsequent uplink transmission.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the single MAC PDU:

a single sub-header component, and

a payload part,

wherein the payload part comprises the BSR and a portion of the sidelink BSR, and

wherein the portion of the sidelink BSR that is included in the payload part is a portion other than the at least the portion of the sidelink BSR for transmission in the subsequent uplink transmission.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the BSR indicates an amount of data available for transmission in an uplink buffer associated with the wireless device; and

the sidelink BSR indicates an amount of sidelink data available for transmission in a sidelink buffer of the wireless device.

7. A wireless device, comprising:

a memory containing instructions; and

one or more processors configured, when executing said instructions, to:

receive, from a network node, a grant of uplink resources;

determine that the granted uplink resources are not at least equal to or larger than the resources required for transmission of both a buffer status report (BSR) and a sidelink BSR;

determine an amount of additional resources needed to include at least a portion of the sidelink BSR in a subsequent uplink transmission; and

transmit, to the network node, an uplink transmission comprising the BSR, the uplink transmission including an indication of the amount of additional resources needed to include at least the portion of the sidelink BSR in the subsequent uplink transmission.

8. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are configured, when executing said instructions, to communicate, in the subsequent uplink transmission, at least the portion of the sidelink BSR to the network node.

9. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are configured, when executing said instructions, to:

truncate and the sidelink BSR to generate a single medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) for transmission in the uplink transmission.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the uplink transmission comprises:

the truncated sidelink BSR that does not include the portion of the sidelink BSR for the subsequent uplink transmission.

11. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the single MAC PDU:

a single sub-header component, and

a payload part,

wherein the payload part comprises the BSR and a portion of the sidelink BSR, and

wherein the portion of the sidelink BSR that is included in the payload part is a portion other than the at least the portion of the sidelink BSR for transmission in the subsequent uplink transmission.

12. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein:

the BSR indicates an amount of data available for transmission in an uplink buffer associated with the wireless device; and

the sidelink BSR indicates an amount of sidelink data available for transmission in a sidelink buffer of the wireless device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2020
From: FOLKE, MATS; LI, YUNXI; STATTIN, MAGNUS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16037665 · Jul 17, 2018
Continuation 14817661 · Aug 4, 2015
Provisional Application 62035091 · Aug 8, 2014
Related Publication 20200163106A1 · May 21, 2020