# US RE44,316 E1 · Informing network about amount of data to be transferred > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US RE44,316 E1 - Document ID: USRE44316E1 - Status: Granted - Kind: E1 - Application number: 12/774,916 - Filed: 2001-10-17 - Granted: 2013-06-25 - Earliest claimed: 2001-10-17 - Assignees: Intellectual Ventures I LLC - Applicants: Janne Parantainen; Guillaume Sebire - Inventors: Janne Parantainen; Guillaume Sebire - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/USRE44316E1 ## Abstract When uplink signalling radio bearers steal capacity from a user bearer, at least the amount of data waiting for transmission on a TBF established for the user bearer should be informed to the network. This can be done by using separate countdown values for each radio bearer, using a first countdown value for the bearer the TBF was established for and a second countdown value which indicates the total amount of data on stealing bearers, or by calculating a common countdown value indicating the total amount of data on all bearers using the TBF. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for informing a network side about an amount of data to be transferred by means of data blocks in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: allocating, at a mobile station, a first wireless uplink bearer for a connection between a mobile station and a network, the first wireless uplink bearer being allocated for user data transfer; establishing, at the mobile station, a first temporary block flow (TBF) for the first wireless uplink bearer for data block transfer; allocating, at the mobile station, a second wireless uplink bearer for a connection between the mobile station and the network, the second wireless uplink bearer being a bearer using the first TBF for data block transfer; adding to a data block, at the mobile station, a countdown value indicating the amount of data waiting for transmission using the first TBF for both the first wireless uplink bearer and the second wireless uplink bearer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless uplink bearer is a user radio bearer and the second wireless uplink bearer is a signalling radio bearer, the method further comprising scheduling a resource allocation of the first TBF at least on the basis of countdown value defined for the different kinds of bearers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the countdown value comprises a first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and a second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the countdown value comprises a sum of a first countdown value and a second countdown value, the first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer, and the second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 7 A mobile station in a wireless communication system where data is transmitted by means of data blocks on radio bearers, the mobile station comprising: a communication interface, the communication interface configured to send a data block; a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein which are programmed to allocate a first radio bearer for a connection between a mobile station and a network; establish a first temporary block flow (TBF) for the first radio bearer; allocate a second bearer for the connection, the second bearer being a bearer using the first TBF for data block transfer; calculate a countdown value, the countdown value indicating an amount of data waiting for transmission on the first radio bearer and the second bearer using the first TBF; add the calculated countdown value to the data block; and a processor, the processor coupled to the communication interface and to the computer-readable medium and configured to execute the instructions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the countdown value comprises a first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and a second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile station of claim 8, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the countdown value comprises a sum of a first countdown value and a second countdown value, the first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer, and the second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 12 A network node in a wireless communication system where data is transmitted by means of data blocks on radio bearers, the network node comprising: a communication interface, the communication interface configured to receive a data block; a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein which are programmed to receive the data block on a first temporary block flow (TBF) established for a first radio bearer and allocated to a second bearer, the data block comprising a countdown value indicating an amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and the second bearer; identify the radio bearer the data block belongs to and maintain information on the countdown value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The network node of claim 12, further comprising instructions programmed to modify a resource allocation of the first TBF at least on the basis of the countdown value of the first TBF. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The network node of claim 12, wherein the countdown value comprises a first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and a second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The network node of claim 14, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The network node of claim 12, wherein the countdown value comprises a sum of a first countdown value and a second countdown value, the first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer, and the second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The network node of claim 16, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 18 A method for a network node, comprising: receiving, at a network node, a data block on a first temporary block flow (TBF) established for a first radio bearer and allocated to a second bearer, the data block comprising a countdown value indicating an amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and the second bearer; and identifying, at the network node, the radio bearer to which the data block belongs and maintaining information on the countdown value. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising modifying a resource allocation of the first TBF at least on the basis of the countdown value of the first TBF. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the countdown value comprises a first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and a second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the countdown value comprises a sum of a first countdown value and a second countdown value, the first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer, and the second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 24 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, upon execution by a processor, cause the implementation of a set of operations for a mobile station, the operations comprising: allocating a first radio bearer for a connection between the mobile station and a network; establishing a first temporary block flow (TBF) for the first radio bearer, to transfer data blocks; allocating a second bearer for the connection, the second bearer using the first TBF for data block transfer; calculating a countdown value indicating an amount of data waiting for transmission on the first radio bearer and the second bearer using the TBF; and adding the countdown value to a data block to be transmitted. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the countdown value comprises a first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and a second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the countdown value comprises a sum of a first countdown value and a second countdown value, the first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer, and the second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 29 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, upon execution by a processor, cause the implementation of operations for a network node of a communication system, the operations comprising: receiving a data block on a first temporary block flow (TBF) established for a first radio bearer and allocated to a second bearer, the data block comprising a countdown value indicating an amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and the second bearer; and identifying the radio bearer to which the data block belongs and maintaining information on the countdown value. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the operations further comprise modifying a resource allocation of the first TBF at least on the basis of the countdown value of the first TBF. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the countdown value comprises a first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer and a second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the countdown value comprises a sum of a first countdown value and a second countdown value, the first countdown value indicating a first amount of data waiting for transmission on the first bearer, and the second countdown value indicating a second amount of data waiting for transmission on the second bearer. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 33, wherein the second countdown value includes data waiting for transmission on a plurality of second bearers.