Resource allocation in a communication system
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsSvetlana Chemiakina, Preben Mogensen, Esa Malkamäki
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Abstract
A method of allocating resources in a communication system and a station for the communication system is disclosed. The communication system is such that a plurality of user equipment can communicate data on a dedicated channel. In the method a request for communication resources may be sent from a user equipment to the station on a first protocol layer. Priority information is obtained at the station from a data flow on a second protocol layer. Communication resources may then at least partially be allocated based on said priority information.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- receiving at an apparatus, on a first protocol layer, a request for communication resources from a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment;
- receiving, at the apparatus, priority information from a data flow between the user equipment and the apparatus on a Medium Access Control e (MAC-e) level different from the first protocol layer;
- and
- allocating the communication resources based on said priority information received on the MAC-e level,
- wherein the receiving the priority information comprises monitoring MAC-e flows for the priority information located in at least one of the MAC-e flows.
A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program being configured to control a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving at an apparatus, on a first protocol layer, a request for communication resources from a user equipment;
- receiving at the apparatus priority information from a data flow between the user equipment and the apparatus on a Medium Access Control e (MAC-e) level different from the first protocol layer;
- and
- allocating the communication resources based on said priority information received on the MAC-e level,
- wherein the receiving the priority information comprises monitoring Medium Access Control e (MAC-e) flows for the priority information located in at least one of the MAC-e flows.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- receive a request for communication resources from a user equipment on a first protocol layer,
- receive priority information from a data flow between the user equipment and the apparatus on a Medium Access Control e (MAC-e) level different from the first protocol layer;
- and
- allocate the communication resources based on said priority information received on the MAC-e level,
- wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive the priority information by monitoring Medium Access Control e (MAC-e) flows for the priority information located in at least one of the MAC-e flows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.