ENABLING BUFFER STATUS REPORTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus and method for enabling Buffer Status Reports in a Long Term Evolution communication system includes a step (400) of determining a higher than normal likelihood of receiving a first buffer status report on a first uplink grant. A next step (402) includes increasing a reliability of the first uplink grant in response the higher than normal likelihood. Other next steps can include detecting (404) that the first Buffer Status Report transmission Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request process failed and triggering (406) a second Buffer Status Report transmission in the user equipment in a next uplink grant.