Communication of Scheduling Related Information in a Mobile Communication System
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Abstract
The invention relates to method for communicating scheduling related information from a mobile terminal to a base station in the radio access network of a mobile communication system. Further, the invention also relates to a mobile terminal and a base station utilizing this method and a communication system. To avoid the allocation of resources that a mobile terminal may not utilize in view of restriction of uplink rate control by a scheduler, the invention suggests informing the scheduler on the status of a rate enforcement functionality of the uplink rate control function within a mobile terminal, so as t allow an adequate scheduling of uplink resources.
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39. A method for communicating scheduling related information from a mobile terminal to a base station in the radio access network of a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining scheduling information at the mobile terminal, wherein the scheduling information is determined considering the status of an uplink rate control function enforcing a maximum bit-rate respectively prioritized bit-rate for the transmission of uplink data; and transmitting the scheduling information from the mobile terminal to the base station, wherein the scheduling information is used for the scheduling of the mobile station by the base station. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A mobile terminal for communicating scheduling related information to a base station in the radio access network of a mobile communication system, the mobile terminal comprising:
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a processing unit for deter mining scheduling information at the mobile terminal, wherein the scheduling information is determined considering the status of an uplink rate control function enforcing a maximum bit-rate for the transmission of uplink data; and a transmitter for transmitting the scheduling information from the mobile terminal to the base station. - View Dependent Claims (57)
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58. A base station for use in the radio access network of a mobile communication system and for scheduling mobile stations based scheduling related information, the base station comprising:
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a receiver for receiving scheduling information of mobile terminals, wherein the scheduling information comprises information on the status of an uplink rate control function enforcing a maximum bit-rate for the transmission of uplink data at a respective mobile station; and a scheduling unit for scheduling the mobile terminals based on the received scheduling information thereby considering the status of the maximum bit-rate enforcement function. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61)
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