US 12,219,400 B2
Method for determining data buffer status, and apparatus
Yunbo Li, Shenzhen (CN); Ming Gan, Shenzhen (CN); Yuchen Guo, Shenzhen (CN); Yifan Zhou, Shenzhen (CN); and Yiqing Li, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,785.
Application 17/891,785 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/080254, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010180304.6 (CN), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394556 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/14 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/14 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0278 (2013.01); H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 52/0222 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for determining a data buffer status, wherein the method comprises:
determining, by a second multi-link device (MLD), whether the second MLD will have more bufferable data, corresponding to any second data type mapped to a first link between the second MLD and a first MLD, buffered in the second MLD after sending first bufferable data; and
sending, by the second MLD, first bufferable data to the first MLD over the first link, wherein the first bufferable data comprises a first field, and the first field indicates whether more bufferable data corresponding to the any second data type is buffered in the second MLD, wherein the first field is only one bit.