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US 2016/0080116 A1Published application
Method for communicating a network, a secondary station and a system therefor
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsPaul BUCKNELL, Bernard HUNT, Matthew Peter John BAKER, Timothy James MOULSLEY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station sending to the primary station a buffer status report representative of the amount of data in a buffer of the secondary station, (b) in absence of acknowledgement from the primary station, the secondary station retransmitting the buffer status report and, (c) if a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached, the secondary station sending a further buffer status report to the primary station.
Claims27
A method for operating a secondary station communicating in a network comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, the method comprising:
- in the secondary station:
- sending through a transmitter and an antenna to a primary station a first buffer status report indicating a presence of data in a buffer of the secondary station, the buffer storing data for transmission to the primary station;
- retransmitting through the transmitter and antenna to the primary station, the first buffer status report when a positive acknowledgement from the primary station of receipt of the first buffer status report is not received through a receiver and the antenna from the primary station;
- monitoring by the processor a number of retransmissions to the primary station of the first buffer status report;
- and
- sending to the primary station through the transmitter and antenna a second buffer status report when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the buffer status report has been reached without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station;
- and
- an indication of a resource grant by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station has not been received through the antenna and receiver within a time window since a last previous transmission of a first buffer status report.
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A secondary station comprising:
- an antenna configured to send signals to and receiving signals from a primary station;
- a buffer configured to store data to be transmitted to the primary station;
- a transmitter configured to transmit through the antenna to the primary station, a first buffer status report representative of an amount of data in the buffer;
- a receiver configured to receive from the primary station through the antenna:
- an acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report;
- and
- an indication of a grant of a resource by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station, dependent on the first buffer status report or a second buffer status report;
- and
- the transmitter being configured to retransmit to the primary station, through the antenna, the first buffer status report when a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report, from the primary station is not received through the antenna and receiver;
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- a processor configured to monitor a number of retransmissions of the first buffer status report to the primary station;
- and
- the transmitter being configured to send through the antenna, a second buffer status report to the primary station when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status report has been reached without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station;
- and
- an indication of a resource grant by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station has not been received through the antenna and receiver within a time window since a last previous transmission of the first buffer status report.
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A system for communication comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, the system comprising:
- a secondary station comprising:
- a first antenna configured to send signals to and receive signals from a primary station;
- a buffer configured to store data to be transmitted to a primary station;
- a first transmitter configured to transmit through the first antenna to the primary station, a first buffer status report indicating a presence of data in the buffer;
- a first receiver configured to receive through the first antenna from the primary station:
- positive acknowledgements of receipt of first buffer status reports, and indications of resource grants by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station, dependent on the first buffer status report or a second buffer status report;
- the first transmitter being configured to retransmit, through the first antenna, to the primary station, the first buffer status report when an acknowledgement of the receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station is not received through the first receiver and the first antenna from the primary station;
- a first processor configured to determine a number of retransmissions to the primary station of the first buffer status report;
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- the first transmitter being configured to transmit through the first antenna a second buffer status report to the primary station when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status report has been reached without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station;
- and
- an indication of a resource grant by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station has not been received through the first antenna and first receiver within a time window since a last previous retransmission of the first buffer status report;
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- the primary station comprising:
- a second antenna configured to send signals to and receiving signals from the secondary station;
- a second receiver configured to receive through the second antenna from the secondary station:
- a transmission of a first buffer status report indicating a presence of data in a buffer of the secondary station, the buffer storing data to be transmitted to the primary station;
- and
- retransmissions of the first buffer status report when the secondary system does not receive a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report transmission from the primary station;
- and
- a signaling of a second buffer status report when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status report is reached without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station;
- and
- a resource grant is not received within a time window since a last transmission of a first buffer status report;
- a second processor configured to grant resources for a transmission by the secondary station, including resource grants depending on the receipt from the secondary station through the second antenna and the second receiver, of first buffer status reports or second buffer status reports;
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- a second transmitter configured to transmit through the second antenna to the secondary station:
- positive acknowledgments of the receipt of the buffer status reports;
- and
- indications of the resource grants by the primary station for transmissions by the secondary station, including the resource grants dependent on the first buffer status report or on the second buffer status report.
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A primary station comprising:
- an antenna configured to send signals to and receive signals from a secondary station;
- a receiver configured to receive from the secondary station through the antenna:
- a transmission of a first buffer status report indicating a presence of data in a buffer of the secondary station, the buffer storing data to be transmitted to the primary station;
- and
- retransmissions of the first buffer status report when the secondary station does not receive an acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report transmission, from the primary station;
- and
- a signaling of a second buffer status report when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status reports is reached without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station;
- and
- a resource grant by the primary station for an uplink transmission of the secondary station is not received within a time window since a last previous transmission of a first buffer status report;
- a processor configured to grant resources for transmissions by the secondary station including resources depending on the receipt from the second station through the antenna and receiver of first buffer status reports or second buffer status reports;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit through the antenna to the secondary station:
- positive acknowledgments of the receipt of the first buffer status reports;
- and
- indications of the resource grants by the primary station for a transmission by the secondary station, including the resource grants dependent on the first buffer status report or on the second buffer status report.
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A method of operating a primary station for communicating in a network, with at least a secondary station, the method comprising:
- in a primary station:
- receiving from a secondary station through an antenna and a receiver:
- transmissions of first buffer status reports indicating a presence of data in a buffer of the secondary station, the buffer storing data to be transmitted to the primary station;
- retransmissions of the first buffer status reports when the secondary system does not receive a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report transmission, from the primary station;
- and
- a signaling of second buffer status reports when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status reports is reached by the secondary station without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt for the first buffer status report from the primary station, and
- an indication of a resource grant by the primary station, for an uplink transmission by the secondary station is not received by the secondary station within a time window since a last previous transmission of a first buffer status report by the secondary station;
- granting resources by a processor, for a transmission by the secondary station, including resources depending on the receipt from the secondary station through the second antenna and the second receiver, of first buffer status reports or second buffer status reports;
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- transmitting by a transmitter through the antenna, to the secondary station:
- positive acknowledgments of the receipt of the buffer status reports and second buffer status reports;
- and
- indications of the resource grants for a transmission by the secondary station, including the resource grants dependent on the buffer status reports or on the second buffer status reports.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause processing circuitry in a secondary station to:
- send through a transmitter and an antenna to a primary station a buffer status report indicating a presence of data in a buffer of the secondary station, the buffer storing data to be transmitted to the primary station;
- retransmit through the transmitter and antenna to the primary station, the first buffer status report when positive acknowledgement from the primary station of receipt of the first buffer status report is not received through the antenna and a receiver, from the primary station;
- monitor by a processor a number of retransmissions to the primary station of the first buffer status report;
- and
- send to the primary station through the transmitter and antenna a second buffer status report when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status report has been reached without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station, and
- an indication of a resource grant by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station has not been received through the antenna and a receiver within a time window since a last previous transmission of a first buffer status report.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause processing circuitry in a primary station to
- receive from a secondary station through an antenna and a receiver:
- transmissions of buffer status reports indicating a presence of data in a buffer of the secondary station, the buffer storing data to be transmitted to the primary stat;
- retransmissions of the buffer status reports when the secondary system does not receive a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report transmission from the primary station;
- and
- a signaling of a second buffer status report when both:
- a maximum number of retransmissions of the first buffer status report is reached in the secondary station without receiving a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the first buffer status report from the primary station, and
- an indication of a resource grant by the primary station for an uplink transmission by the secondary station is not received by the secondary station within a time window since a last previous transmission of a first buffer status report by the secondary station;
- grant resources by a processor of the primary station, for a transmission by the secondary station including resources depending on the receipt from the secondary station through the antenna and the receiver, of first buffer status reports or second buffer status reports;
- and
- transmit by a transmitter through the antenna, to the secondary station:
- positive acknowledgments of the receipt of the first buffer status report and second buffer status report, when received by the primary station;
- and
- indications of the resource grants for transmissions by the secondary station, including the resource grants dependent on the first buffer status report or on the second buffer status report.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.