Methods and systems for transmission of multiple modulated signals over wireless networks

A cellular telephone operable to share an uplink (UL) to a base station with other cellular telephones in a wireless communication system, the cellular telephone comprising:

• a transceiver operable to
• transmit a message indicating an amount of data in one or more logical queues awaiting transmission to the base station, pertaining to one or more UL connections between the cellular telephone and the base station established at the cellular telephone, and
• receive a control message;
• and
• one or more processors having a Media Access Controller (MAC) operable to
• identify in the control message a UL transmission resource grant allocated to the cellular telephone for data transmission in a current frame, and
• allocate the UL transmission resource grant among the one or more logical queues, wherein a logical queue of the one or more logical queues accumulates data with similar quality of service associated with one or more UL connections between the cellular telephone and the base station, the data accumulated in the logical queue awaiting transmission from the cellular telephone to the base station.

A method of operating a cellular telephone that shares an uplink to a base station with other cellular telephones in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

• transmitting, within a MAC packet, a message which identifies an amount of data in one or more logical queues awaiting transmission to the base station,
• receiving a signal comprising an uplink allocation indication with current uplink (UL) transmission resource allocations for a plurality of cellular telephones, including the cellular telephone, and
• identifying in the UL allocation indication an UL transmission resource grant allocated to the cellular telephone for data transmission in a current frame;
• and
• allocating the UL transmission resource grant among one or more UL connections between the cellular telephone and the base station that have data in the one or more logical queues awaiting UL transmission from the cellular telephone to the base station, based on a quality of service parameter.