Patent ID: 9525519
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmitting data by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication supporting a carrier aggregation, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of grants on a plurality of active component carriers from a base station; allocating transmission resources associated with the plurality of grants to at least one radio link control (RLC) entity of the UE; identifying at least one of the allocated transmission resources associated with at least one of the plurality of grants by the at least one RLC entity based on criteria for communicating a status report; and transmitting, to the base station, a status packet data unit (PDU) including the status report using the identified at least one of the allocated transmission resources, wherein the at least one of the allocated transmission resources is identified by determining whether the at least one of the allocated transmission resources accommodates a complete status report that indicates a status of data PDUs transmitted by the base station.