US 11,736,975 B2
Buffer status report transmissions in non-terrestrial networks
Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US); and Liangping Ma, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/245,762.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,879, filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360469 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/0278 (2013.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a network device, configuration information indicating a set of periodic uplink resources dedicated to transmitting buffer status information to the network device;
determining one or more common random access resources configured for transmitting the buffer status information, the set of periodic uplink resources comprising the one or more common random access resources, wherein the one or more common random access resources are common to a plurality of UEs comprising the UE;
determining uplink data is available to transmit to the network device; and
transmitting, to the network device, a buffer status report using uplink resources from the set of periodic uplink resources according to the configuration information based at least in part on the available uplink data to transmit to the network device.