Transmitting buffer status reports in wireless networks in the presence of configured grants

A user equipment (UE) base station comprising one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:

• identifying data for transmission to a network, wherein the data is associated with a Logical Channel Identifier (LCID);
• determining that a Buffer Status Report (BSR) corresponding to the data is pending;
• and
• in response to determining that the BSR corresponding to the data is pending:
• determining whether an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) resource is available for transmitting the BSR to the network;
• determining whether the LCID is associated with a logicalChannelSR-Mask parameter;
• and
• based on the determination whether the UL-SCH resource is available for transmitting the BSR to the network and the determination whether the LCID is associated with the logicalChannelSR-Mask parameter, performing at least one of:
• transmitting the BSR to the network using a grant associated with the UL-SCH,
• canceling a pendency of the BSR, or
• transmitting a Scheduling Request (SR) to the network.

An apparatus comprising one or more baseband processors configured to perform operations comprising:

• identifying data for transmission to a network, wherein the data is associated with a Logical Channel Identifier (LCID);
• determining that a Buffer Status Report (BSR) corresponding to the data is pending;
• and in response to determining that the BSR corresponding to the data is pending:
• determining whether an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) resource is available for transmitting the BSR to the network;
• determining whether the LCID is associated with a logicalChannelSR-Mask parameter;
• and
• based on the determination whether the UL-SCH resource is available for transmitting the BSR to the network and the determination whether the LCID is associated with the logicalChannelSR-Mask parameter, performing at least one of:
• transmitting the BSR to the network using a grant associated with the UL-SCH,
• canceling a pendency of the BSR, or
• transmitting a Scheduling Request (SR) to the network.