Patent ID: 11882428
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method for communicating in a network from a first station, having at least one buffer memory for storing data packets to be transmitted for one or more groups of logical channels, to a second station, the method comprising:
estimating a status of the at least one buffer memory;
adapting an amount of information included in a buffer status report representative of the buffer memory status, said adapting depending on a number of padding bits in a granted resource;
wherein adapting the amount of information further comprises adapting a coarseness of the buffer status report;
wherein the buffer status report comprises a number of bits, and
adapting the coarseness of the buffer status report further includes adapting an information accuracy included in the buffer status report by changing the number of bits in the buffer status report; and
transmitting the buffer status report.