US 12,273,882 B2
Fast resource allocation adjustment and media access control awareness of quality of service flows in wireless communications
Ralf Rossbach, Munich (DE); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Lakshmi Iyer, Cupertino, CA (US); and Sabine Roessel, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,214
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/102336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/266994, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417972 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/20 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An method comprising:
an application layer in a device or a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer in the device or a media access control (MAC) layer in the device providing an indication that wireless communication resources allocated to the device need to be adjusted;
transmitting, in a MAC Control Element (MAC CE) from the device to a base station in response to the indication, a request for adjustment of the wireless communication resources by the base station, wherein the request comprises at least a delay indication based on a length of time data has remained in a transmission buffer of the device;
the application layer and/or the SDAP layer requesting lower relative layers for a temporary boost of resources in response to the indication; and
transmitting the MAC CE at least partially in response to the application layer and/or the SDAP layer requesting the temporary boost of resources.