Resource allocation in a communication system
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsSvetlana Chemiakina, Preben Mogensen, Esa Malkamaki
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Abstract
A method of allocating resources in a communication system and a station for the communication system is disclosed. The communication system is such that a plurality of user equipment can communicate data on a dedicated channel. In the method a request for communication resources may be sent from a user equipment to the station on a first protocol layer. Priority information is obtained at the station from a data flow on a second protocol layer. Communication resources may then at least partially be allocated based on said priority information.
Claims21
A method of allocating resources in a communication system where a plurality of user equipment can communicate data on a dedicated channel, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending, on a first protocol layer, a request for communication resources from a user equipment of the plurality of user equipment to a station of the communication system;
- obtaining, at the station, priority information from a data flow on a second protocol layer;
- and
- allocating the communication resources based on said priority information.
A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium comprising program code means for performing the method comprising the steps of:
- sending, on a first protocol layer, a request for communication resources from a user equipment to a station of a communication system;
- obtaining, at the station, priority information from a data flow on a second protocol layer;
- and
- allocating the communication resources based on said priority information.
A station for a communication system, the station comprising:
- a radio part configured to communicate with user equipments;
- and
- a controller configured to receive a request for communication resources from the user equipments on a first protocol layer, to obtain at the station priority information from a data flow on a second protocol layer, and to allocate the communication resources based on said priority information.
A communication system having a plurality of user equipment that communicates data on a dedicated channel, the communications system, comprising:
- a station comprising a radio part to communicate with user equipments, and a controller configured to receive on a first protocol layer a request for communication resources from the user equipments, to obtain at the station priority information from a data flow on a second protocol layer, and to allocate the communication resources based on said priority information.
An apparatus for allocating resources in a communication system where a plurality of user equipment communicates data on a dedicated channel, the apparatus comprising:
- sending means for sending on a first protocol layer a request for communication resources from a user equipment of the plurality of user equipment to a station of the communication system;
- obtaining means for obtaining, at the station, priority information from a data flow on a second protocol layer;
- and
- allocating means for allocating the communication resources for communication based on said priority information.
A station for a communication system, the station comprising:
- a radio means for communicating with user equipments;
- and
- controller means for receiving on a first protocol layer a request for communication resources from the user equipments, to obtain at the station priority information from a data flow on a second protocol layer, and to allocate the communication resources based on said priority information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.