Granted Patent B2

US 12,335,766 · App. 18/828,764 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventor: Timothy J. Speight (Bristol, GB)

Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC

H04W28/0205H04L47/10H04L47/2425H04L47/30H04W8/04H04W28/14H04W72/04H04W72/1268H04W8/24H04W72/0453H04W76/10

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A base station (BS) comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver;

a processor; and wherein:

the transmitter and the processor are configured to transmit information including a plurality of first values, wherein one of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer to a user equipment (UE);

the receiver and the processor are configured to receive a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators from the UE, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with the at least one radio bearer and data received from a number of queues is limited based on the one of the plurality of the first values;

the transmitter and the processor are further configured, in response to the received plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, to transmit an uplink resource allocation to the UE via a control channel; and

the receiver and the processor are further configured to receive data, from the UE, provided by selected queues in resources based on the transmitted uplink resource allocation.

2. The BS of claim 1 , further comprising the transmitter and the processor further configured to transmit at least one parameter to the UE.

3. The BS of claim 1 , further comprising assigning a priority to radio bearers of the UE, wherein the received data is based on the assigned priority.

4. The BS of claim 1 , wherein the first values are weights.

5. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a processor of the base station, information including a plurality of first values, wherein one of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer to a user equipment (UE);

receiving, by the processor of the base station, a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators from the UE, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with the at least one radio bearer and data received from a number of queues is limited based on the one of the plurality of the first values;

transmitting, by the processor of the base station, in response to the received plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, an uplink resource allocation to the UE via a control channel; and

receiving, by the processor of the base station, data, from the UE, provided by selected queues in resources based on the transmitted uplink resource allocation.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting at least one parameter to the UE.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

assigning a priority to radio bearers of the UE, wherein the received data is based on the assigned priority.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first values are weights.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instruction, the instructions when executed by a processor a base station (BS) cause the processor to execute a method comprising:

transmitting, by a processor of the base station, information including a plurality of first values, wherein one of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer to a user equipment (UE);

receiving, by the processor of the base station, a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators from the UE, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with a at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with the at least one radio bearer and data received from a number of queues is limited based on the one of the plurality of the first values;

transmitting, by the processor of the base station, in response to the received plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, an uplink resource allocation to the UE via a control channel; and

receiving, by the processor of the base station, data, from the UE, provided by selected queues in resources based on the transmitted uplink resource allocation.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting at least one parameter to the UE.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

assigning a priority to radio bearers of the UE, wherein the received data is based on the assigned priority.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first values are weights.

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