Patent ID: 9277510
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a communication network node of controlling an uplink data rate between a user equipment and said communication network node, which are communicating with each other on uplink and downlink data channels over a radio interface, whereby an available scheduling headroom is distributed by a scheduler among user equipments that are to be scheduled, wherein said available scheduling headroom is the total amount of uplink radio resources that a plurality of user equipments that are to be scheduled may use, said method comprising: sending, to said user equipment, a user-equipment-specific scheduling grant signaling, said user-equipment-specific scheduling grant signaling comprising a granted headroom defining a total headroom said user equipment can use for uplink transmission, wherein said granted headroom represents a portion of said available scheduling headroom, based on which said user equipment is able to select a transport format combination for a subsequent uplink transmission, wherein said granted headroom is an upper limit of a receive power contribution at said communication network node of said user equipment.