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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2009
Applicants:

Paul Bucknell, Brighton, GB;

Bernard Hunt, Redhill, GB;

Matthew Peter John Baker, Canterbury, GB;

Timothy James Mousley, Caterham, GB;

Inventors:

Paul Bucknell, Brighton, GB;

Bernard Hunt, Redhill, GB;

Matthew Peter John Baker, Canterbury, GB;

Timothy James Mousley, Caterham, GB;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); Y02B 20/445 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station sending to the primary station a buffer status report representative of the amount of data in a buffer of the secondary station, (b) in absence of acknowledgement from the primary station, the secondary station retransmitting the buffer status report and, (c) if a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached, the secondary station sending a further buffer status report to the primary station.


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