Methods and apparatus for prioritizing data for transmission

An apparatus comprising:

• a non-transitory memory storage storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, the one or more processors executing the instructions to cause the apparatus to perform operations including:
• receiving a first data burst and a second data burst at one or more logical channels of the apparatus for transmission to a radio access network (RAN) node serving the apparatus, the first data burst and the second data burst having different deadlines for delivery;
• obtaining information associated with transmission priorities for the first data burst and the second data burst;
• storing the first data burst and the second data burst in a buffer in accordance with the information associated with the transmission priorities for the first data burst and the second data burst;
• receiving, from the RAN node, scheduling information about an uplink resource scheduled by the RAN node for the apparatus to transmit to the RAN node;
• determining the transmission priorities between the first data burst and the second data burst based on the information associated with the transmission priorities;
• and
• transmitting, to the RAN node, uplink data from at least one of at least a portion of the first data burst and at least a portion of the second data burst in accordance with the scheduling information and the transmission priorities.

A method implemented by a radio access network (RAN) node, the method comprising:

• sending configuration information to a user equipment (UE) to configure the UE to buffer different data bursts arrived at one or more logical channels of the UE for transmission, the UE being served by the RAN node;
• providing the UE with information used for determining transmission priorities among the different data bursts;
• transmitting, to the UE, scheduling information about an uplink resource scheduled for the UE to transmit to the RAN node;
• and
• receiving, from the UE, the different data bursts in accordance with the uplink resource.