Patent SG-11201908198R-A (SG)
Title: Flow control for wireless devices
Inventor: TRAININ SOLOMON
IPC: H04L1/16
Filed: 2018-04-16
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 25 October 2018 (25.10.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit IIl °nolo ommoimin IIIII Imo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/194981 Al (51) International Patent Classification: HO4L 1/16 (2006.01) HO4L 1/18 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/027802 (22) International Filing Date: 16 April 2018 (16.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/486,412 17 April 2017 (17.04.2017) US 62/517,148 08 June 2017 (08.06.2017) US 15/953,115 13 April 2018 (13.04.2018) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: TRAININ, Solomon; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). HAY, Ran; 5775 More- house Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). EITAN, Alecsander Petru; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: WORLEY, Eugene; Loza & Loza, LLP, 305 North Second Avenue #127, Upland, CA 91786 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: FLOW CONTROL FOR WIRELESS DEVICES 1100 Element config tag RB Unit_Size Recipient Memory MalfipIe BulY,L Units nnasn) 4 I 2 4 5 Octets 1 FIG. 11 (57) : Systems and methods are provided for flow control in a wireless communication system. In certain aspects, an apparatus for wireless communications comprises an interface configured to receive, from a wireless node, one or more parameters specifying a memory at the wireless node, and an indication of an amount of free memory space in the memory at the wireless node. The apparatus also comprises a processing system configured to determine a number of data units to be transmitted to the wireless node based on the indication of the amount of free memory space and the one or more parameters, wherein the interface is further configured to output data units for transmission to the wireless node, wherein a number of the data units output for transmission to the wireless node equals the determined number of data units.