United States Patent 9,398,524
Wang , et al. July 19, 2016
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.
Inventors:
Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ), Sammour; Mohammed (Amman, JO), Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000001984322
Appl. No.:
14/693,694
Filed:
April 22, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150230163 A1 Aug 13, 2015
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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04L 47/10 (20130101); H04L 47/14 (20130101); H04L 47/215 (20130101); H04L 47/6285 (20130101); H04W 28/0252 (20130101); H04W 28/0278 (20130101); H04W 48/10 (20130101); H04W 72/1289 (20130101); H04W 72/1205 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/26 (20060101); H04L 12/819 (20130101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04L 12/863 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04L 12/801 (20130101); H04W 48/10 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101)
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