# US 12,604,345 B2 · User equipment configuration for determining channel access priority class > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,345 B2 - Document ID: US12604345B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/334,470 - Filed: 2023-06-14 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-15 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo; Pavan Nuggehalli; Ralf Rossbach - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604345B2 ## CPC - H04W 74/0875: {with assigned priorities based access} - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive, from a base station, a configuration establishing a radio bearer for sending at least one measurement report related to at least one application layer measurement, perform the at least one application layer measurement, determine a first channel access priority class (CAPC) for the radio bearer based on at least one rule, select a second CAPC for a transport block to be used to send the at least one measurement report based on the first CAPC for the radio bearer and send the at least one measurement report using the transport block based on the second CAPC for the transport block. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode, from signaling received from a base station, a configuration establishing a radio bearer for sending at least one measurement report related to at least one application layer measurement, wherein the at least one application layer measurement includes a Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement; perform the at least one application layer measurement; determine a first channel access priority class (CAPC) for the radio bearer based on at least one rule; select a second CAPC for a transport block to be used to send the at least one measurement report based on the first CAPC for the radio bearer; and configure transceiver circuitry to send the at least one measurement report using the transport block based on the second CAPC for the transport block. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule comprises assigning one of a plurality of predefined priority CAPC values for the first CAPC for the radio bearer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the predefined priority value comprises a highest priority CAPC value for the radio bearer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the predefined priority value comprises a lowest priority CAPC value for the radio bearer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode, from signaling received from the base station, the at least one rule. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first CAPC determination is further based on at least one field of an information element for configuration of a logical channel corresponding to the radio bearer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the at least one field indicates a CAPC value for the radio bearer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining the CAPC is further based on information included in the at least one measurement report or related to the at least one measurement report. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the information comprises an application measurement configuration identification corresponding to the at least one application layer measurement or an application service type corresponding to the at least one application layer measurement. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the information comprises whether the measurement report is a radio access network (RAN)-visible report. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a RAN-visible report is assigned a higher CAPC than a measurement report not including a RAN-visible report. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the information relates to quality of service (QoS) of a communication service for an application corresponding to the at least one application layer measurement. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first CAPC determination is further based on a number of entries in an application layer buffer level list. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the number of entries in the application layer buffer level list is compared to a predefined threshold and the CAPC rule comprises assigning a higher priority CAPC when the number of entries in the application layer buffer level list exceeds the threshold as compared to when the number of entries in the application layer buffer level list does not exceed the threshold. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining the CAPC is further based on at least one other logical channel multiplexed with the radio bearer in the transport block. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein first CAPC and the second CAPC is one of a same value or a different value. ### Claim 17 An apparatus of a base station, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: configure transceiver circuitry to send, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration establishing a radio bearer for sending at least one measurement report related to at least one application layer measurement performed by the UE, wherein the at least one application layer measurement includes a Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement; configure transceiver circuitry to send, to the UE, at least one rule for determining a channel access priority class (CAPC) for the radio bearer; and decode, from signaling received from the UE, at least one measurement report corresponding to the at least one application layer measurement in a transport block. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the configuration and the at least one rule is included in a same message sent from the base station to the UE. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one rule for determining a CAPC for the radio bearer is based on at least one field of an information element for configuration of a logical channel corresponding to the radio bearer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one field indicates a CAPC value for the radio bearer.