Method for communicating in a network and radio stations therefor

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station, comprising the steps of (a) at the primary station, requesting the secondary station to transmit channel quality information representative of the channel quality and, (b) at the secondary station, responsive to the request of step (a), transmitting to the primary station the channel quality information, wherein step (b) comprises sub-step (b1) wherein the secondary station further transmits with the channel quality information an indication of a secondary station buffer status.

主权项

1. A method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station, comprising the steps of
(a) at the primary station, configuring by means of higher layer signaling the presence of an indication in a control channel message, wherein a particular value of said indication is a request for transmission by the secondary station of channel quality information representative of channel quality (CQI) and a buffer status report (BSR), (b) at the primary station, using said indication to request the secondary station to transmit said CQI and BSR and, (c) at the secondary station, responsive to receiving from the primary station the request of step (b), transmitting to the primary station in a single response message both the channel quality information (CQI) and the buffer status report (BSR) including an indication of an amount of data in a secondary station buffer.