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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Matthew P. J. Baker, Canterbury, GB;
Timothy J. Moulsely, Caterham, GB;
Paul Bucknell, Brighton, GB;
Bernard Hunt, Redhill, GB;
Milos Tesanovic, Isleworth, GB;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and a secondary station comprising (a) at the secondary station, upon arrival of a data packet to be transmitted to the primary station, buffering said data packet in a buffer, (b) at the secondary station, after the expiration of a time period starting at arrival of the data packet, transmitting to the primary station a request for an uplink transmission resource if a grant of uplink transmission resource is not received during the said time period, (c) at the primary station, granting to the secondary station an uplink transmission resource.