Apparatus and method for requesting uplink radio resources
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsLauri Johannes Eerolainen, Kalle Petteri Kela
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Abstract
An example apparatus is provided that may provide for transmission of a first scheduling request and increment an alert counter upon transmitting the request. The apparatus may then determine if uplink resources have been received and, if not, provide for transmission of a second scheduling request. The apparatus may increment the alert counter in response to transmitting the second scheduling request. The apparatus may also provide for transmission of an indication that the alert counter has reached an alert counter threshold, in response to which, the apparatus may receive dummy uplink resources that may cause the alert counter to reset.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
- provide for transmission of a first scheduling request for uplink resources;
- increment an alert counter in response to providing for transmission of the first scheduling request;
- determine if uplink resources have been received in response to the first scheduling request;
- provide for transmission of a second scheduling request for uplink resources in response to determining that uplink resources have not been received;
- increment the alert counter in response to providing for transmission of the second scheduling request;
- and
- provide for transmission of an indication that the alert counter has reached an alert counter threshold.
A method comprising:
- providing for transmission of a first scheduling request for uplink resources;
- incrementing an alert counter in response to providing for transmission of the first scheduling request;
- determining if uplink resources have been received in response to the first scheduling request;
- providing for transmission of a second scheduling request for uplink resources in response to determining that the uplink resources have not been received;
- incrementing the alert counter in response to providing for transmission of the second scheduling request;
- and
- providing for transmission of an indication that the alert counter has reached an alert counter threshold.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause operations comprising:
- providing for transmission of a first scheduling request for uplink resources;
- incrementing an alert counter in response to providing for transmission of the first scheduling request;
- determining if uplink resources have been received in response to the first scheduling request;
- providing for transmission of a second scheduling request for uplink resources in response to determining that the uplink resources have not been received;
- incrementing the alert counter in response to providing for transmission of the second scheduling request;
- and
- providing for transmission of an indication that the alert counter has reached an alert counter threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.