Medium access control method

摘要

The exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to at least a method including receiving an indication that a first resource allocation to a device to transmit data was insufficient and there is remaining data to transmit by the device, based at least on information associated with the first resource allocation, determining a second resource allocation for the device, and sending the second resource allocation to the device in order to enable the device to transmit the remaining data. Further, there is a method including sending an indication that a first resource allocation to a device to transmit data was insufficient and there is remaining data to transmit, and in response to the sending, receiving a second resource allocation to the device to enable the device to transmit remaining data, wherein the second resource allocation is based at least on information associated with the first resource allocation.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a network node, an indication that a first resource allocation to a device to transmit data was insufficient and there is remaining data to transmit by the device, the first resource allocation being responsive to a previous probe to a first group of devices to which the device belongs to identify whether the device had data to transmit; based at least on information associated with the first resource allocation, determining a second resource allocation for the device; and sending, by the network node, the second resource allocation to the device in order to enable the device to transmit the remaining data, wherein the second resource allocation comprises a resource allocation to a currently probed second group of devices to which the device does not belong and a next resource allocation to the previously probed first group of devices to which the device belongs, and wherein the first group of devices is identified using a first group identification and the second group of devices is identified using a second group identification.