Patent ID: 9510358
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for use in a controlling node of a cell in a cellular system, the method comprising a use of Radio Link Control Acknowledged Mode, RLC AM, the method also comprising scheduling transmissions in downlink and uplink directions to/from User Equipments, UEs, in the cell, said scheduling comprising taking into account a priority which a UE has for its downlink and uplink transmissions, the method also comprising counting a number of scheduled transmissions for the UE in a first of said downlink and uplink direction to/from the UE since its latest scheduled transmission in other of said downlink and uplink direction to/from the UE, and if the count of the number of scheduled transmissions for the UE in the first of said downlink and uplink direction to/from the UE has reached a predetermined value, increasing the priority of the UE in the other of said downlink and uplink direction to/from the UE, and when the UE has been scheduled for a transmission in the other of said downlink and uplink direction to/from the UE, restarting the counting in the first of said downlink and uplink direction to/from the UE from an initial value.