Communication of Scheduling Related Information in a Mobile Communication System

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:

• 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.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the scheduling information further comprises the respective bucket status of a respective guaranteed bit-rate bearer enforcing the maximum bit-rate for the transmission of uplink data of the respective guaranteed bit-rate bearer.

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:

• 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.

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:

• 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.