Scheduling request modes for enhanced component carriers

A user equipment for communicating a scheduling request (SR) in a wireless network, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled with the transceiver via a bus for communicating signals in the wireless network;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled with the at least one processor and/or the transceiver via the bus;
• wherein the at least one processor and the memory are operable to:
• communicate, via the transceiver, with a network entity using a frame structure that allows dynamic switching of transmission time intervals (TTI) between uplink and downlink communications;
• select at least one SR mode for SR transmission to the network entity in one or more of the TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the frame structure;
• and
• transmit, via the transceiver, a SR to the network entity in at least one uplink TTI of the one or more TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the at least one SR mode.

A user equipment for communicating a scheduling request (SR) in a wireless network, comprising:

• means for communicating with a network entity using a frame structure that allows dynamic switching of transmission time intervals (TTI) between uplink and downlink communications;
• means for selecting at least one SR mode for SR transmission to the network entity in one or more of the TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the frame structure;
• and
• means for transmitting a SR to the network entity in at least one uplink TTI of the one or more TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the at least one SR mode.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable code for communicating a scheduling request (SR) in a wireless network, the code comprising:

• code for communicating with a network entity using a frame structure that allows dynamic switching of transmission time intervals (TTI) between uplink and downlink communications;
• code for selecting at least one SR mode for SR transmission to the network entity in one or more of the TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the frame structure;
• and
• code for transmitting a SR to the network entity in at least one uplink TTI of the one or more TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the at least one SR mode.