Method and apparatus for reporting quantity of data to be transmitted in a wireless network

Abstract

A method of communication in a wireless network comprising a plurality of wirelessly communicating stations, the method comprising by at least one emitting station having data to be directly transmitted to at least two different destination stations, generating a buffer status report to be transmitted to one of the destination stations, the buffer status report indicating an amount of data stored in at least an emission buffer of the emitting station, the emission buffers comprising all data to be transmitted to all the destination stations; transmitting the buffer status report to the destination station; wherein the amount of data is limited to the amount of data stored in at least an emission buffer of the emitting station to be transmitted to the destination station that will receive the buffer status report. Accordingly, scheduled traffic by a station is made with an accurate amount of data.

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