InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 9,042,231
Wang , et al. May 26, 2015

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Method and apparatus for supporting uplink starvation avoidance in a long term evolution system


Abstract
A method and apparatus for uplink (UL) starvation avoidance includes determining a current buffer status information. The current buffer status information is reported to an evolved Node B (eNB). A grant that includes a determination of a number of tokens a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may accumulate is received from the eNB.


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Inventors: Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Sammour; Mohammed (Amman, JO)
Applicant: Name City State Country Type

InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US

Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)

Family ID: 1000001116971
Appl. No.: 14/198,403
Filed: March 5, 2014

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Prior Publication Data

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Document Identifier Publication Date
US 20140185448 A1 Jul 3, 2014


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Current U.S. Class: 370/235.1
Current CPC Class: H04L 47/6285 (20130101); H04L 47/10 (20130101); H04L 47/14 (20130101); H04L 47/215 (20130101); H04W 72/1289 (20130101); H04W 28/0252 (20130101); H04W 28/0278 (20130101); H04W 72/1205 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/26 (20060101)

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