METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCED SCHEDULING REQUEST TRANSMISSION TO IMPROVE RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

摘要

Several procedures for restricting transmission of scheduling requests are proposed. According to one procedure, a base period for sending scheduling requests to a network control element is determined based on a base scheduling request configuration parameter, and determining a final period for sending the scheduling requests is determined based on the base period and an additional scheduling request configuration parameter. According to another procedure, triggering of a scheduling request is restricted until the amount of data in a buffer for data transmission exceeds a predetermined threshold. According to a further procedure, transmission of scheduling requests is restricted based on the cycle for discontinuing reception.