Wireless communication system, apparatus for supporting data flow and method therefor
AssigneeIPWireless, Inc.
InventorTimothy J. Speight
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Abstract
An apparatus for use in allocating resource in a wireless communication system, where the apparatus comprises mapping logic arranged to map one or more services to individual radio bearers of a plurality of radio bearers; reporting logic arranged to indicate buffer occupancy for the plurality of radio bearers; and prioritization logic arranged to prioritize the allocated resource across multiple wireless communication units on a radio bearer basis.
Claims12
Equipment for allocating resource in a wireless communication system, the equipment comprising:
- a user equipment having:
- a signal processor operable for identifying buffer occupancy of a plurality of individual radio bearers;
- a transmitter operable for transmitting an uplink message comprising an indication of separate buffer occupancy for the plurality of individual radio bearers to a radio access network (RAN);
- a receiver for receiving from the RAN a set of scheduling weight values for at least one service;
- and
- prioritization logic for allocating bandwidth resource to individual radio bearers in an uplink communication path according to the received set of scheduling weight values and based on the identified buffer occupancy and prioritizing an allocated resource for the at least one service on an individual radio bearer basis.
A method for allocating resource in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- at a user equipment:
- identifying buffer occupancy of a plurality of individual radio bearers;
- transmitting an uplink message comprising an indication of separate buffer occupancy for the plurality of individual radio bearers to a radio access network (RAN);
- receiving from the RAN a set of scheduling weight values for at least one service;
- allocating bandwidth resource to individual radio bearers according to the received set of scheduling weight values and based on the identified buffer occupancy;
- and
- prioritizing an allocated resource for the at least one service on an individual radio bearer basis in an uplink communication path.
A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with executable program code for allocating resource in a wireless communication system, the executable program code operable for:
- when executed at a user equipment:
- identifying buffer occupancy of a plurality of individual radio bearers;
- transmitting an uplink message comprising an indication of separate buffer occupancy for the plurality of individual radio bearers to a radio access network (RAN);
- receiving from the RAN a set of scheduling weight values for at least one service;
- and allocating bandwidth resource to individual radio bearers according to the received set of scheduling weight values and based on the identified buffer occupancy;
- and
- prioritizing an allocated resource for the at least one service on an individual radio bearer basis in an uplink communication path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.