Patent ID: 8488551

Claim:
A method in a user equipment for sending buffer status information associated with a logical channel group comprising at least one logical channel, the method comprising: checking if a quality of service (QoS) parameter is defined for a first logical channel and at least one condition of a set of predetermined conditions associated with a logical channel group is fulfilled; if the QoS parameter is defined for the first logical channel and at least one condition of the set of predetermined conditions associated with the logical channel group is fulfilled, setting a number of bits in a media access control header of a transmission according to a first semantic, wherein the bits carry buffer status information associated with the logical channel group and the first semantic is based on the QoS parameter of the first logical channel; and otherwise, setting the number of bits carrying the buffer status information associated with the logical channel group according to a second semantic, wherein the second semantic is based on an amount of data available for transmission across the logical channel group in the user equipment.