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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Yuhang Liu, Lund, SE;
Peter Alriksson, Hörby, SE;
Jung-Fu Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Stephen Grant, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Reem Karaki, Aachen, DE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for uplink polling for, e.g., New Radio (NR) in millimeter wave (mm-Wave) frequency bands. In one embodiment, a network node is configured to transmit a polling request, the polling request indicating a request for a wireless device's uplink buffer status; and as a result of the polling request, receive a polling response. In another embodiment, a wireless device (WD) is configured to receive a polling request, the polling request indicating a request for the WD's uplink buffer status; and as a result of the polling request, determine the WD's uplink buffer status.