Patent ID: 8892029

Claim:
A method for reporting BSR (buffer status report), comprising, obtaining, by a D-eNB(Donor eNB), the number of UEs(user equipments) managed by a relay node (RN), wherein the RN is an RN managed by the D-eNB; and determining, by the D-eNB, a BSR report of the RN according to the number of the user equipments (UEs) managed by the RN, and sending the BSR report to the RN, so that the RN configures the BSR report and sending a BSR of the RN to the D-eNB according to the BSR report wherein when the number of the UEs managed by the RN is greater than a preset first threshold value, determining, by the D-eNB, that the BSR reporting of the RN is a BSR reporting of periodic reporting; and when the number of the UEs managed by the RN is smaller than or equal to the preset first threshold value, determining, by the D-eNB, that the BSR reporting of the RN is a reporting of scheduling request SR request, wherein the BSR of SR request comprises the RN sending an SR request to the D-eNB, and the SR request is used to request the D-eNB to allocate BSR resources to the RN, such that the RN uses the BSR resources to send the BSR to the D-eNB.