Patent ID: 9603129
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication system comprising: enabling registration of a wireless subscriber unit with a base station in the wireless communication system; enabling establishment of communication between the wireless subscriber unit and the base station; the base station receiving an explicit message, from the wireless subscriber unit, informing the base station that the wireless subscriber unit has data awaiting transmission to the base station; subsequent to receiving the explicit message, the base station transmitting to the wireless subscriber unit a transmission opportunity for the wireless subscriber unit to inform the base station of an indication of an amount of data awaiting transmission to the base station; the base station receiving from the wireless subscriber unit, in the transmission opportunity, the indication of an amount of data awaiting transmission to the base station; subsequent to reception of the indication of an amount of data awaiting transmission to the base station, the base station providing an uplink (UL) transmission grant to the wireless subscriber unit; and enabling the wireless subscriber unit to allocate the UL transmission grant between one or more uplink connections between the wireless subscriber unit and the base station.