Patent ID: 9173202
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a user equipment for transmitting scheduling requests to a base station, the user equipment is configured to transmit scheduling requests to the base station only at certain predetermined scheduling request opportunities, the method comprising: triggering a scheduling request transmission; transmitting, on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) resource, a scheduling request to the base station at the next occurring scheduling request opportunity as a response to the triggering; receiving, from the base station, a factor k; calculating a length of time for a scheduling request prohibiting timer based on the factor k received from the base station; starting the scheduling request prohibiting timer, comprised in the user equipment, when the scheduling request is transmitted to the base station; and prohibiting any further scheduling request retransmission at future scheduling request opportunities while the scheduling request prohibiting timer is running; wherein the scheduling request prohibiting timer is configured to a scheduling request prohibiting timer length which is equal to the time between two scheduling request opportunities multiplied with the factor k, such that: