	US 11,985,539 B2
	Buffer status report (BSR) data reporting based on application processor (AP) assistance
Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US); Martin Kugler, Poing (DE); Ralf Itjeshorst, Walperskirchen (DE); Ahmed Salem, Ottobrunn (DE); Murtaza Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); Tong Liu, San Diego, CA (US); and Cahya A. Masputra, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,822.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030013 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 28/0278 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0252 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method to be performed by a baseband processor of a user equipment (UE), wherein the method comprises:

identifying, by the baseband processor of the UE, an amount of data in a data radio bearer (DRB) buffer of the baseband processor of the UE;

determining, by the baseband processor of the UE based on an indication from an application processor of the UE, an amount of data in at least one buffer of the application processor of the UE; and

generating, by the baseband processor of the UE based at least in part on the amount of data in the DRB buffer and the amount of data in the at least one buffer of the application processor of the UE, a buffer status report (BSR) for the UE.