Methods and Arrangements in a Mobile Telecommunications Network

A method for a radio network node in a mobile telecommunications network supporting multiple configurations associated with radio resource management comprising the steps of:

• associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI;
• transmitting at least one configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI;
• and
• activating one configuration by sending, on an out-of-band downlink control channel, an RNTI identifying said configuration to be activated, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how a user equipment, UE, is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel.

A method for a user equipment, UE, in a mobile telecommunications network, wherein the UE is configured to store and use multiple configurations associated with a radio resource management, the method comprises the steps of:

• associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI;
• receiving at least one configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI;
• and
• monitoring whether an RNTI is received on an out-of-band downlink control channel, and when an RNTI associated with one of the configurations is received:
• activating the configuration identified by the received RNTI, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how the UE is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel.

A radio network node connectable to a mobile telecommunications network supporting multiple configurations associated with radio resource management comprising:

• a unit for associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI;
• a transmitter for transmitting at least one configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI;
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• a unit for activating one configuration by sending, out-band on a downlink control channel, an identifier of the predefined type identifying said configuration to be activated, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how a user equipment, UE, is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel.

A User Equipment, UE, connectable to a mobile telecommunications network, wherein the UE is configured to store and use multiple configurations associated with radio resource management, the UE comprises:

• a unit for associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, wherein the unit for associating comprises a receiver for receiving at least one configuration associated with radio resource management and wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI;
• a monitor for monitoring whether an RNTI is received;
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• a unit for activating the configuration identified by the received RNTI when an RNTI associated with one of the configurations is received, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how the UE is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel.