Patent ID: 9414368
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a bandwidth on demand wireless communication network having a base station and a plurality of wireless cellular mobile units communicating over a shared uplink, the method comprising: a wireless cellular mobile unit of the plurality of wireless cellular mobile units registering and achieving uplink synchronization with the base station and establishing communication between the wireless cellular mobile unit and the base station; at the wireless cellular mobile unit, queuing data pertaining to one or more applications in at least one logical queue of one or more logical queues, based on priority of the one or more applications; transmitting from the wireless cellular mobile unit an explicit message to the base station, informing the base station that the wireless cellular mobile unit has data pending transmission to the base station; providing the wireless cellular mobile unit with a transmission opportunity for the wireless cellular mobile unit to inform the base station of an indication of an amount of uplink data, in the at least one logical queue of one or more logical queues, awaiting transmission to the base station; sending from the wireless cellular mobile unit to the base station the indication of an amount of uplink data, in the at least one logical queue of one or more logical queues, awaiting transmission to the base station pursuant to receipt of the transmission opportunity; and in response to the indication of an amount of uplink data, in the at least one logical queue of one or more logical queues, awaiting transmission to the base station, transmitting from the base station to the wireless cellular mobile unit an uplink bandwidth grant to be used at the wireless cellular mobile unit for transmission of uplink data.