Patent ID: 8804629
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a temporary block flow (TBF) that includes a temporary buffer, for packet data to be transmitted on a packet data channel from a mobile station uplink to a wireless network in which the mobile station belongs, comprising: transmitting by the mobile station to the wireless network a request for the establishment of an early uplink temporary block flow (TBF), the mobile station transmitting the request even when the mobile station has no data to transmit; establishing by the wireless network an early uplink TBF for the mobile station; scheduling by the wireless network permissions to the mobile station to transmit packet data from said early uplink TBF; transmitting dummy packets from said early uplink TBF by said mobile station as the permissions are detected, the dummy packets being transmitted when the mobile station has no data to transmit; and transmitting actual packet data from said early uplink TBF by said mobile station as the permissions are detected, the actual data being transmitted when available to the mobile station.