| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus to initialize token buckets, to preserve token buckets upon certain events, to reconfigure token buckets, and to communicate the status of token buckets.SOLUTION: A method and an apparatus are provided to initialize a token bucket to a non-zero value, to receive a scheduling grant, and to transmit data in response to receiving the scheduling grant. In addition, a method and an apparatus are provided to initiate a MAC reset, and to determine whether to preserve a value of a token bucket or whether to re-initialize the value of the token bucket during the MAC reset. Furthermore, a method and an apparatus are provided to receive a request to generate a token status report (605), to generate the token status report (610), and to transmit the token status report (615). |
