Patent ID: 8503472

Claim:
A method of requesting bandwidth allocation for a mobile station (MS) in a wireless network, comprising: using a partial bandwidth request by the MS operable in said wireless network to a base station (BS) operable in said wireless network, wherein said partial bandwidth request requests bandwidth allocation for the MS for only a portion of all packets stored in an uplink (UL) queue of the MS; applying a piggyback method that allows the MS to send the partial bandwidth request message with a data transmission that has been allocated by the BS to the MS when a piggyback transmission is available and a contention method to send the partial bandwidth request when a piggyback transmission is not available; and, waiting a period of time at the MS before making an additional bandwidth request for at least one remaining portion of said packets stored in said UL queue of the MS, wherein waiting the period of time insures multiple bandwidth grants to increase a likelihood of applying the piggyback method.