Techniques for managing a logical traffic connection that uses data aggregation

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• means for receiving, from a first access point using a first radio access technology (RAT), a configuration associated with a logical traffic connection, the configuration comprising at least one parameter for communicating data associated with the logical traffic connection via a second access point associated with a second RAT, wherein the subset of the total amount of data is estimated based at least in part on an estimated data rate associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a minimum data size associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a maximum data size associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a history of uplink transmission scheduling by the first access point, or combinations thereof;
• means for estimating a subset of a total amount of data buffered in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) queue associated with the logical traffic connection expected to be transmitted via the second access point for a time period ending at an expected time of receipt of an uplink grant from the first access point;
• means for determining a buffer reporting value associated with the logical traffic connection based at least in part on the subset of the total amount of data and the at least one parameter;
• and
• means for transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) including the buffer reporting value to the first access point.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• the processor and the memory configured to:
• estimate a subset of a total amount of data buffered in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) queue associated with the logical traffic connection expected to be transmitted via the second access point for a time period ending at an expected time of receipt of an uplink grant from the first access point, wherein the subset of the total amount of data is estimated based at least in part on an estimated data rate associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a minimum data size associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a maximum data size associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a history of uplink transmission scheduling by the first access point, or combinations thereof;
• determine a buffer reporting value associated with the logical traffic connection based at least in part on the subset of the total amount of data and the at least one parameter;
• and
• transmit a buffer status report (BSR) including the buffer reporting value to the first access point.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code executable by a processor to:

• receive, from a first access point using a first radio access technology (RAT), a configuration associated with a logical traffic connection, the configuration comprising at least one parameter for communicating data associated with the logical traffic connection via a second access point associated with a second RAT, wherein the subset of the total amount of data is estimated based at least in part on an estimated data rate associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a minimum data size associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a maximum data size associated with communicating with the second access point using the second RAT, a history of uplink transmission scheduling by the first access point, or combinations thereof;
• estimate a subset of a total amount of data buffered in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) queue associated with the logical traffic connection expected to be transmitted via the second access point for a time period ending at an expected time of receipt of an uplink grant from the first access point;
• determine a buffer reporting value associated with the logical traffic connection based at least in part on the subset of the total amount of data and the at least one parameter;
• and
• transmit a buffer status report (BSR) including the buffer reporting value to the first access point.

A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a first access point using a first radio access technology (RAT), a configuration associated with a logical traffic connection, the configuration comprising at least one parameter for communicating data associated with the logical traffic connection via a second access point associated with a second RAT, wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a ratio of data to be transmitted via the second access point and the total amount of data buffered in the PDCP queue associated with the logical traffic connection, a maximum data limit for communicating the data associated with the logical traffic connection via the second access point, a minimum data threshold for communicating the data associated with the logical traffic connection via the second access point, a network identifier of the second access point, or a set of tokens for communicating data associated with the logical traffic connection via the second access point;
• estimating a subset of a total amount of data buffered in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) queue associated with the logical traffic connection expected to be transmitted via the second access point for a time period ending at an expected time of receipt of an uplink grant from the first access point;
• determining a buffer reporting value associated with the logical traffic connection based at least in part on the subset of the total amount of data and the at least one parameter;
• and
• transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) including the buffer reporting value to the first access point.