Method of controlling communication resources

A mobile telecommunications system comprising a base station subsystem and a plurality of mobile stations, in which system the communication resources are divided into allocation periods, the allocation periods being further divisible into slots of at least two different sizes, a slot being the smallest allocable unit of communication resource, the system comprising:

• first connection dividing means for dividing the connections according to their transmission delay requirements into at least two connection classes, a first connection class for connections requiring relatively short transmission delay before a data packet is transmitted from the transmitting side and a second connection class for connections having less stringent requirements for transmission delay than what is required by said first connection class,
• determining means responsive to the first connection dividing means for determining the communication needs in different connection classes,
• resource dividing means responsive to the determining means for dividing the physical radio resources into slots based on the communication needs, and
• allocation means responsive to the determining means and the resource dividing means for allocating different types of channels for communications of different classes.

A base station subsystem for a mobile telecommunications system comprising a base station subsystem and a plurality of mobile stations, in which system the communication resources are divided into allocation periods, the allocation periods being further divisible into slots of at least two different sizes, a slot being the smallest allocable unit of communication resource,

• the base station subsystem comprising
• first connection dividing means for dividing the connections according to their transmission delay requirements into at least two connection classes, a first connection class for connections requiring relatively short transmission delay before a data packet is transmitted from the base station subsystem and a second connection class for connections having less stringent requirements for transmission delay than what is required by said first connection class,
• determining means responsive to the first connection dividing means for determining the communication needs in different connection classes,
• resource dividing means responsive to the determining means for dividing the physical radio resources into slots based on the communication needs, and
• allocation means responsive to the determining means and the resource dividing means for allocating different types of channels for communications of different classes.

A base station controller for a mobile telecommunications system comprising

• a base station subsystem comprised of base stations and a base station controller controlling a plurality of base stations, and
• a plurality of mobile stations, whereby the communication resources of said telecommunications system are divided into allocation periods, the allocation periods being further divisible into slots of at least two different sizes, a slot being the smallest allocable unit of communication resource,
• the base station controller comprising
• first connection dividing means for dividing the connections according to their transmission delay requirements into at least two connection classes, a first connection class for connections requiring relatively short transmission delay before a data packet is transmitted from a base station of the base station subsystem and a second connection class for connections having less stringent requirements for transmission delay than what is required by said first connection class,
• determining means responsive to the first connection dividing means for determining the communication needs in different connection classes,
• resource dividing means responsive to the determining means for dividing the physical radio resources into slots based on the communication needs and
• allocation means responsive to the determining means and the resource dividing means for allocating different types of channels for communications of different classes.

A method of controlling communication resources in a telecommunications system, in which the communication resources are divided into allocation periods, the allocation periods being further divisible into slots of at least two different sizes, a slot being the smallest allocable unit of communication resource, the method comprising steps:

• dividing connections into at least two connection classes according to their transmission delay requirements, at least a first connection class for real-time connections and at least a second connection class for non-real-time connections,
• storing and updating information concerning the current need for communication resources in each connection class,
• dynamically dividing the communication resources into slots according to the current need for communication resources,
• allocating circuit switched communication resources for connections in a first connection class, and
• allocating resources sufficient for transmitting a determined amount of data for each successive allocation period for connections belonging to said second connection class.

A method of controlling communication resources in a telecommunications system, in which the communication resources are divided into allocation periods, the allocation periods being further divisible into slots of at least two different sizes, a slot being the smallest allocable unit of communication resource, the method comprising steps:

• dividing connections into at least two connection classes according to their transmission delay requirements,
• storing and updating information concerning the current need for communication resources in each connection class,
• dynamically dividing the communication resources into slots according to the current need for communication resources,
• allocating using a circuit switched type allocating mechanism for a given connection of a first connection class at least one slot, and
• allocating slots sufficient for transmitting a determined amount of data in successive allocation periods for a given connection of a second connection class, the second connection class having no delay requirements or less stringent delay requirements than what is required by said first connection class,
• wherein said given connections of the first and the second connection classes use the respective allocated slots in their respective connections.

A method of controlling communication resources in a telecommunications system, in which the communication resources are divided into allocation periods, the allocation periods being further divisible into slots of at least two different sizes, a slot being the smallest allocable unit of communication resource, the method comprising steps:

• dividing connections into at least two connection classes according to their transmission delay requirements, a first connection class for connections requiring relatively short transmission delay before a data packet is transmitted from the transmitting side and a second connection class for connections having less stringent requirements for transmission delay than what is required by said first connection class, storing and updating information concerning the current need for communication resources in each connection class,
• dynamically dividing the communication resources into slots according to the current need for communication resources,
• allocating using a circuit switched type allocating mechanism for a given connection of the first connection class at least one slot, and
• allocating slots sufficient for transmitting a determined amount of data in successive allocation periods for a given connection of the second connection class, wherein said given connections of the first and the second connection classes use the respective allocated slots in their respective connections.