The method of claim 1, wherein the short buffer status reporting format corresponds to reporting a buffer status of a single radio bearer group and the long buffer status reporting format corresponds to reporting a buffer status of multiple radio bearer groups. view more

The method of claim 1, further comprising: selecting a buffer status of a radio bearer group of a highest priority.

An apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to monitor a usage of a plurality of buffers; detect one of a plurality of pre-selected conditions corresponding to the plurality of buffers; designate one of a plurality of buffer status reporting formats comprising a long buffer status reporting format and a short buffer status reporting format depending on the pre-selected condition detected; and communicate a buffer status report to a network device in accordance with the buffer status reporting format designated, wherein the designating unit is configured to designate the long buffer status reporting format when there is sufficient uplink bandwidth to communicate using the long buffer status reporting format. view more

The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the long buffer status reporting format comprises four segments of 6-bits of information, each segment thereof corresponding to a distinct radio bearer group.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program configured to control a processor to perform operations comprising: monitoring a usage of a plurality of buffers; detecting one of a plurality of pre-selected conditions corresponding to the plurality of buffers; designating one of a plurality of buffer status reporting formats comprising a long buffer status reporting format and a short buffer status reporting format depending on the pre-selected condition detected; and communicating a buffer status report to a network device in accordance with the buffer status reporting format designated, wherein the designating designates the long buffer status reporting format when there is sufficient uplink bandwidth to communicate using the long buffer status reporting format. view more