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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Chandrika K. Worrall, Bristol, GB;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method of transmitting an indication of user equipment uplink buffer status in a wireless communications network in which user equipment is configured to communicate with one or more base stations using dual connectivity techniques, a computer program product and user equipment operable to perform that method. The method comprises: receiving an indication of a dual connectivity configuration to be used by the user equipment for uplink transmission; structuring an uplink buffer status report to group uplink buffer status by one or more scheduler to be used by the user equipment according to the received indication of a dual connectivity configuration; and transmitting the structured uplink buffer status report to the one or more base stations. Aspects and embodiments provide a method for providing buffer status reports in a network offering dual connectivity functionality according to which user equipment is served by multiple independent schedulers which may be connected via a non-ideal backhaul link.