Buffer Status Report Resource Size Indication Precision

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face inefficiencies in allocating precise uplink transmission resources, leading to resource size indication errors and wasted transmission resources, especially with variable data sizes in applications like cloud gaming and live streaming.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a precise resource size table, which supplements the base buffer size table by dividing base size ranges into sub-ranges, allowing for more accurate resource size indications through enhanced signaling methods, including the use of a first and second indicator in Buffer Status Reports (BSRs) to determine the exact resource requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a base buffer size table is used for resource allocation, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision of resource size requirements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource size indication precisionVSAvoidbuffer size table complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the buffer size indication into two segments: a base buffer size table providing coarse-grained resource allocation, and a differential value providing fine-grained adjustment. This segmentation allows the system to achieve precise resource size indication while maintaining manageable table complexity through the separation of coarse and fine adjustment functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If a base buffer size table is used for resource allocation, then device complexity is reduced, but resource allocation precision deteriorates leading to indication errors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource size indication precisionVSAvoidwasted transmission resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the differential value is calculated based on the difference between the actual buffer size and the base buffer size. This feedback loop enables continuous refinement of resource allocation precision, reducing indication errors and preventing waste of transmission resources by adjusting allocations based on actual needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If base size ranges are divided into sub-ranges with differential values, then resource size indication precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource size indication precisionVSAvoidsignaling method complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by using different levels of precision for different buffer size ranges. For smaller buffer sizes, the base table provides sufficient precision. For larger buffer sizes where precision is more critical, differential values are introduced. This localized approach to precision maintains overall system simplicity while providing enhanced precision where most needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20240259867A1Method, device, and system for buffer status report
Publication Date: 2024.08.01 ZTE CORP
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AI summary

This disclosure above describes a method, a device, and a system for transmitting and receiving resource request indications. Performed by a wireless terminal in a wireless network, the method includes transmitting, to a wireless communication node in the wireless network, indication information indicating a requested data size for transmitting UL traffic to the wireless communication node, wherein the requested data size is not in a base data size table. Another method, performed by a wireless communication node, includes receiving, from a wireless terminal, indication information indicating a requested data size for transmitting UL traffic to the wireless communication node, wherein the requested data size is not in a base data size table.