Simultaneous scheduling request transmission in dual connectivity

An apparatus to configure simultaneous scheduling request transmissions, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver, and memory coupled to the processor, wherein instructions in the memory configure the processor to:
• generate a first configuration of a first scheduling request for a master cell group and a second configuration of a second scheduling request for a secondary cell group in a system radio bearer (SRB);
• and
• transmit the SRB via the master cell group to a user equipment (UE) to process the first scheduling request and the second scheduling request;
• wherein the first scheduling request for the master cell group and the second scheduling request for the secondary cell group do not overlap each other.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed, result in:

• receiving a first scheduling request transmission for a first cell group, and a second scheduling request transmission for a second cell group;
• determining one of the first scheduling request and the second scheduling request to have a higher priority and another one of the first scheduling request and the second scheduling request to have a lower priority;
• and
• processing the scheduling request having the higher priority without processing the scheduling request having the lower priority;
• wherein said determining comprises assigning the higher priority to a scheduling request received from a master cell group, and the lower priority to a scheduling request received from secondary cell group.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed, result in:

• generating a first configuration of a first scheduling request for a master cell group and a second configuration of a second scheduling request for a secondary cell group in a system radio bearer (SRB);
• and
• transmitting the SRB via the master cell group to a user equipment (UE) to process the first scheduling request and the second scheduling request;
• wherein the first scheduling request for the master cell group and the second scheduling request for the secondary cell group do not overlap each other.