Patent ID: 9226305
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network node, an indication that a first resource allocation to a device to transmit data was insufficient and there is remaining data to transmit by the device, the first resource allocation being responsive to a previous probe to a first group of devices to which the device belongs to identify whether the device had data to transmit; based at least on information associated with the first resource allocation, determining a second resource allocation for the device; and sending, by the network node, the second resource allocation to the device in order to enable the device to transmit the remaining data, wherein the second resource allocation comprises a resource allocation to a currently probed second group of devices to which the device does not belong and a next resource allocation to the previously probed first group of devices to which the device belongs, and wherein the first group of devices is identified using a first group identification and the second group of devices is identified using a second group identification.