Truncated buffer status reporting

• US 10,582,413 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2018
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
• Inventors: Babaei, Alireza, Dinan, Esmael
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho, Un C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mak, Peter K
• Application Number:
  US15/924,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20180270698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0278 using buffer status reports dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters of logical channel(s) grouped into logical channel group(s) comprising a 1st logical channel group. A padding buffer status report (BSR) is triggered. A truncated BSR is transmitted in in response to: the triggering of the padding BSR; and a number of padding bits being: larger than a size of a short BSR plus a short BSR subheader; and smaller than a size of a long BSR plus a long BSR subheader. The truncated BSR indicates a presence of a buffer size field for the first logical channel group corresponding to a presence bit. The buffer size field indicate an amount of data available across logical channels of the first logical channel group. The truncated BSR comprises: a number of buffer size fields for logical channel groups with logical channels having available data for transmission following a decreasing order of priority.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters of a plurality of logical channels grouped into a plurality of logical channel groups comprising a first logical channel group; and

transmitting a truncated BSR in response to a number of padding bits being;

larger than a size of a short BSR plus a short BSR subheader; and

smaller than a size of a long BSR plus a long BSR subheader; and

wherein the truncated BSR comprises;

a field comprising a plurality of presence bits, a first presence bit in the plurality of presence bits indicating a presence of a buffer size field for the first logical channel group; and

a plurality of buffer size fields for logical channel groups with logical channels having available data for transmission following a decreasing order of priority, wherein a number of the plurality of buffer size fields is determined based on the number of padding bits.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameters indicate a priority for a logical channel in the plurality of logical channels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each bit position within the field corresponds to a logical channel group identifier of a logical channel group in the plurality of logical channel groups.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a downlink control information comprising an uplink grant indicating an uplink resource assignment, wherein the number of padding bits is at least based on a size of the uplink grant.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the truncated BSR is associated with a medium access control subheader comprising a logical channel identifier and a length field, wherein the length field indicates a length of the truncated BSR.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of the plurality of buffer size fields is determined based on a size of the truncated BSR that fits in the padding bits.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the truncated BSR is based on the number of the plurality of buffer size fields.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a position of the first presence bit in the field identifies a logical channel group identifier.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first presence bit in the field corresponds to the first logical channel group, and:

a first value for the first presence bit indicates that a first buffer size field for the first logical channel group is present in the truncated BSR; and

a second value for the first presence bit indicates that the first buffer size field for the first logical channel group is not present in the truncated BSR.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the transmitting the truncated BSR is further in response to

the number of padding bits being equal to the size of the short BSR plus the short BSR subheader.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to;

receive configuration parameters of a plurality of logical channels grouped into a plurality of logical channel groups comprising a first logical channel group; and

transmit a truncated buffer status report (BSR) in response to a number of padding bits being;

larger than a size of a short BSR plus a short BSR subheader; and

smaller than a size of a long BSR plus a long BSR subheader; and

wherein the truncated BSR comprises;

a field comprising a plurality of presence bits, a first presence bit in the plurality of presence bits indicating a presence of a buffer size field for the first logical channel group; and

a plurality of buffer size fields for logical channel groups with logical channels having available data for transmission following a decreasing order of priority, wherein a number of the plurality of buffer size fields is determined based on the number of padding bits.

12. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein the configuration parameters indicate a priority for a logical channel in the plurality of logical channels.

13. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein each bit position within the field corresponds to a logical channel group identifier of a logical channel group in the plurality of logical channel groups.

14. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive a downlink control information comprising an uplink grant indicating and uplink resource assignment, and the number of padding bits is at least based on a size of the uplink grant.

15. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein the truncated BSR is associated with a medium access control subheader comprising a logical channel identifier and a length field, wherein the length field indicates a length of the truncated BSR.

16. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein the number of the plurality of buffer size fields is determined based on a size of the truncated BSR that fits in the padding bits.

17. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein a size of the truncated BSR is based on the number of the plurality of buffer size fields.

18. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein a position of the first presence bit in the field identifies a logical channel group identifier.

19. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein the first presence bit in the field corresponds to the first logical channel group, and:

a first value for the first presence bit indicates that a first buffer size field for the first logical channel group is present in the truncated BSR; and

a second value for the first presence bit indicates that the first buffer size field for the first logical channel group is not present in the truncated BSR.

20. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein to transmit the truncated BSR is further in response to

the number of padding bits being equal to the size of the short BSR plus the short BSR subheader.