Patent ID: 8687565
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting a buffer status report (BSR) format from a plurality of BSR formats for a transmission of a BSR; generating a BSR according to the selected BSR format; and transmitting the generated BSR via a terminal, wherein a first BSR format is selected when only one logical channel group (LCG) has buffered data in the transmission time interval (TTI) in which the BSR is transmitted, wherein a second BSR format is selected when more than one LCG has buffered data in the TTI in which the BSR is transmitted, wherein an LCG identifier (LCG ID) field identifies one or more groups of logical channels for which buffer status is being reported, wherein the first BSR format is a shortened BSR and the second BSR format is a normal BSR, wherein the shortened BSR includes one LCG ID field and one corresponding buffer size (BS) field, wherein a length of the LCG ID field in the shortened BSR is two bits, wherein the BS field in the shortened BSR identifies a total amount of data available across all logical channels of the one LCG in the shortened BSR, and wherein the terminal obtains a sum of buffered data stored in each logical channel belonging to the one LCG and transmits the corresponding sum to a base station.