Patent ID: 9357546
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a radio access network (RAN), a measurement report from a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the measurement report includes a reference-signal value determined by a process comprising the WCD coherently demodulating reference signals transmitted by the RAN; receiving, by the RAN, a buffer status report from the WCD, wherein the buffer status report includes a buffered-data value indicative of an amount of data being buffered by the WCD for transmission via one or more bearers in a bearer group, the bearer group being associated with one or more service classes; making a determination, by the RAN, that transmission time interval (TTI) bundling is warranted for the WCD, wherein making the determination comprises: transmitting, by the RAN, an instruction to the WCD to use TTI bundling.