InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,781,654
Wang , et al. October 3, 2017

Method and apparatus for supporting communication via a relay node


Abstract

A method and apparatus for supporting communication buffer status reports (BSRs) are disclosed. A wireless device may transmit data to at least one group of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The wireless device may produce a BSR, which may include an indication associated with a group of WTRUs and an indication of an amount of data that the wireless device has buffered to transmit to the group of WTRUs. The wireless device may transmit the BSR to an eNodeB (eNB). The BSR may include a plurality of indications associated with a respective plurality of groups of WTRUs and respective indications of amounts of data that the wireless device has buffered to transmit each of the plurality of groups. The indication of the amount of data that the wireless device has buffered to transmit to the group of WTRUs may identify a total across all logical channels of the group of WTRUs.



Inventors:
Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet A. (Little Neck, NY), Tamaki; Nobuyuki (Melville, NY), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Beluri; Mihaela C. (Jericho, NY), Liu; Kai (Dublin, OH)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002869519

Appl. No.:
14/877,538

Filed:
October 7, 2015


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160029289 A1 Jan 28, 2016



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 40/22 (20130101); H04B 7/155 (20130101); H04W 16/26 (20130101); H04W 28/0278 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04W 72/1221 (20130101); H04W 36/08 (20130101); H04W 84/047 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 40/22 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04B 7/155 (20060101); H04W 16/26 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 36/08 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101)
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