Patent ID: 8885585

Claim:
A method for a user equipment (UE) to trigger a network device to configure resources for the UE, comprising: measuring, by the UE when the UE is in a Cell_Paging Channel (Cell_PCH) state, a quantity of at least one of a Transport Channel Traffic Volume (TCTV) of the UE and a total amount of buffer occupancy (TABO) at a radio link control (RLC) layer of the UE; incorporating, by the UE when the UE is in the Cell_PCH state, an indication of the measured quantity into a MEASUREMENT REPORT when the measured quantity exceeds a configured threshold, the MEASUREMENT REPORT being pre-designated for triggering the network device to transition the UE from the Cell_PCH state to a Cell_Forward Access Channel (Cell_FACH) state regardless of incorporation of the indication of the measured quantity; transmitting, by the UE when the UE is in the Cell_PCH state, the indication via the MEASUREMENT REPORT to the network device when the measured quantity exceeds the configured threshold, the transmission of the indication via the MEASUREMENT REPORT being designated to trigger the network device to configure a dedicated transport channel for use by the UE after the UE is moved to the Cell_FACH state; and performing, by the UE, state transition from the Cell_PCH state to the Cell_FACH state.