Scheduling data transmissions in a wireless network

A method for allocating resources, the method comprising:

• sending, by a wireless network for each of a plurality of buffers of a user equipment (UE), a first parameter, wherein each of a plurality of radio bearers is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of buffers;
• sending, by the wireless network, an allocation message for an uplink resource to the UE;
• receiving, by the wireless network, data from the plurality of buffers in response to the allocation message, wherein for each buffer with a second parameter above zero, that buffer's data is allocated before other buffer's data with other second parameters less than zero;
• and
• wherein each second parameter for each buffer is derived from that buffer's first parameter.

A user equipment comprising:

• at least one circuit comprising a plurality of buffers, wherein each of a plurality of radio bearers is associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of buffers;
• the at least one circuit is further configured to receive a first parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of buffers and receive an allocation message for an uplink resource from a network device;
• the at least one circuit is further configured to allocate data from the plurality of buffers in response to the allocation message, wherein for each buffer with a second parameter above zero, that buffer's data is allocated before other buffer's data with other second parameters less than zero;
• wherein each second parameter for each buffer is derived from that buffer's first parameter;
• and
• wherein the at least one circuit is further configured to send the data.