Patent ID: 9699790
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computing device comprising: at least one processor; a data buffer in which data generated by a data application is stored as data blocks for transmission to a communication network; and an uplink resource release controller comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: determining, based at least in part on a requirement associated with the data application, that release of an uplink resource will adversely affect performance of the data application, and executing, in response to determining that release of the uplink resource will adversely affect the performance of the data application, an action to inhibit release of the uplink resource by preventing the data buffer from emptying, wherein the action executed to inhibit release of the uplink resource comprises writing dummy blocks to the data buffer so that the dummy blocks fill the data buffer to prevent the data buffer from emptying below a threshold that triggers release of the uplink resource.