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Scheduling requests for wireless communication devices running background applications

  • US 9,439,208 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2012
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • communications circuitry configured to communicate with a plurality of user equipments (UEs) over a wireless communication network; and

    scheduling circuitry coupled with the communications circuitry and configured to;

    receive, from a first set of UEs of the plurality of UEs, an indicator that the first set of UEs are in a background mode in which individual UEs of the first set of UEs run one or more background applications and no active applications, wherein the one or more background applications do not interact with respective users of the individual UEs of the first set of UEs while the individual UEs are in the background mode; and

    assign a scheduling request (SR) allocation to the individual UEs of the first set of UEs based on the indicator that the first set of UEs are in the background mode, the SR allocations of the individual UEs including resource elements in a common resource block of a channel, wherein the common resource block is designated for SR allocations of UEs that are in the background mode.

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