Medium Access Control Enhancements
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- setting, by a network node, one or more devices of a wireless communication network to be associated with a one or more groups of a plurality of groups based on at least a device type of the one or more devices;
receiving at least one indication that the one or more devices has data to send in the wireless communication network; and
allocating, one group at a time, a resource to the one or more groups associated with one or more devices with data to send.
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Abstract
The exemplary embodiments enable setting one or more devices of a wireless communication network to be associated with a one or more groups of a plurality of groups based on at least a device type of the one or more devices, receiving at least one indication that one or more devices have data to send, and allocating, one group at a time, resources to the groups associated with the devices with data to send. Further, receiving a probe message from a network node, the probe message identifying one or more groups set to the device based at least on a device type, sending, information to the node, the information providing an indication that data is required to be sent, and in response to the sending, receiving a resource allocation from the node to send the data, wherein the resource allocation is arranged based on the groups set to the device.
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setting, by a network node, one or more devices of a wireless communication network to be associated with a one or more groups of a plurality of groups based on at least a device type of the one or more devices; receiving at least one indication that the one or more devices has data to send in the wireless communication network; and allocating, one group at a time, a resource to the one or more groups associated with one or more devices with data to send. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8)
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; set, at a network node, one or more devices of a wireless communication network to be associated with a one or more groups of a plurality of groups based on at least a device type of the one or more devices; receive at least one indication that the one or more devices has data to send in the wireless communication network; and allocate, one group at a time, a resource to the one or more groups associated with one or more devices with data to send. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 19, 20)
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receiving, at a device of a wireless communication network, a probe message from a network node of the wire communication network, the probe message identifying one or more groups set to the device based at least on a device type of the device; sending, by the device, information to the network node of the wireless communication network, the information providing an indication that data is required to be sent by the device; and in response to the sending, receiving a resource allocation from the network node in order to send the data, wherein the resource allocation is arranged based on the one or more groups set to the device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 32, 33)
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; receive, at a device of a wireless communication network, a probe message from a network node of the wire communication network, the probe message identifying one or more groups set to the device based at least on a device type of the device; send, by the device, information to the network node of the wireless communication network, the information providing an indication that data is required to be sent by the device; and receive, in response to the sending, a resource allocation from the network node in order to send the data, wherein the resource allocation is arranged based on the one or more groups set to the device. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44)
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