Patent ID: 9215729
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for requesting scheduling of resources to be used for uplink communication of data from a user equipment in a communications system, the method comprising: monitoring that a threshold value representing a maximum limit of scheduling requests has been reached; releasing uplink control channel resources; and initiating a random access transmission on a random access channel in response to said threshold value having been reached; wherein the threshold value representing the maximum limit is a maximum number of scheduling requests transmitted by the user equipment and wherein the number of scheduling requests that the user equipment repeatedly transmits on a dedicated uplink control channel in relation to the data while not having been granted uplink resources is limited by the threshold value representing a maximum limit of scheduling requests; and wherein releasing uplink control channel resources comprises releasing uplink control channel resources based on no uplink resources having been granted and the threshold value having been reached.