Sending permission assignment in telecommunications system

An access providing unit comprising an apparatus, the apparatus configured to cause the access providing unit to at least:

• cause access to a communications system to be provided for a communication terminal;
• be located apart from a control unit configured to schedule data transfer between said communication terminal and the communications system on at least one air interface such that the communication terminal is allowed to send on the air interface when a sending permission is assigned to said communication terminal;
• receive, from the control unit, information about an assignment of a first sending permission to the communication terminal;
• and
• assign a second sending permission to the communication terminal in response to receiving an indication from the communication terminal indicating that the communication terminal has data to be sent.

A method comprising:

• causing, by an access providing unit, access to a communications system to be provided for a communication terminal, wherein data transfer between said communication terminal and the communications system on at least one air interface is scheduled by a control unit, the control unit being separate from the access providing unit;
• allowing the communication terminal to send on the air interface when a sending permission is assigned to the communication terminal;
• receiving an indication from the control unit that the control unit has assigned a first sending permission to the communication terminal;
• receiving an indication from the communication terminal indicating that the communication terminal has data to be sent;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication from the communication terminal indicating that the communication terminal has data to be sent, assigning, by the access providing unit, a second sending permission to the communication terminal.