Patent ID: 9538551
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, in a network node, for admission control of an additional radio access bearer based on load of control channel elements on a control channel, assigned by a scheduler comprised in the network node, the method comprising: assigning, by the scheduler, control channel elements on the control channel for already admitted radio access bearers; accumulating a first number of assigned control channel elements belonging to subframes on which both downlink assignments and uplink grants are enabled during a time period; accumulating a first number of available control channel elements, belonging to subframes on which both downlink assignments and uplink grants are enabled during the time period; accumulating a second number of control channel elements assigned for downlink assignments, belonging to subframes on which downlink assignments are enabled during the time period; accumulating a second number of available control channel elements, belonging to subframes on which downlink assignments are enabled during the time period; thereafter, when the time period is up: rejecting the additional radio access bearer in response to at least one of the following being true: