Patent ID: 11889355
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method performed by a second radio device in an Integrated Access Backhaul, IAB, network, comprising:
receiving a first flow control message from a first radio device, wherein the first flow control message is generated based at least in part on flow control information per flow control group, where the generation of the first flow control message is periodical or in response to a trigger event;
wherein the flow control group includes one or more of the group consisting of:
one or more radio link control, RLC, channels;
one or more user equipment;
one or more data flows;
one or more data radio bearers;
one or more logical channels; and
one or more services; and

wherein the first flow control message comprises one or more fields to indicate: status information of data packets for the flow control group;
wherein the flow control group is determined according to a group configuration rule which is related to
RLC channel information;

wherein the group configuration rule indicates whether the flow control group is configured for a link, or across multiple links, or for a path between a source device and a destination device.