Patent ID: 9474087
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for scheduling uplink (UL) transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a backoff configuration from a network via a radio resource control (RRC) connection message, wherein the backoff configuration includes a backoff parameter for delaying a transmission of a scheduling request (SR); determining, by the UE, whether or not to apply the received backoff parameter before transmitting the SR to the network via a dedicated channel; if it is determined that the received backoff parameter is applied, transmitting, by the UE, the SR to the network via the dedicated channel after delaying the transmission of the SR according to the received backoff parameter; and receiving, by the UE, an uplink grant from the network, wherein the backoff parameter is configured for a specific logical channel in order to delay the transmission of the SR for the specific logical channel, and wherein the backoff parameter for delaying the transmission of the SR is configured by an upper layer.