Patent ID: 8452295
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: allocating, by a processor, resources to a user equipment over a plurality of time intervals, where allocating is performed at a wireless network radio network layer of a protocol stack, allocating comprises considering, at least in part, information obtained from at least one protocol layer other than the radio network layer and the plurality of time intervals comprises a plurality of sub-flames; informing the user equipment of a repetition interval, with a signaling event at the wireless network radio network layer, where the repetition interval is a semi-persistent scheduling interval that indicates a number of subframes between successive resources allocated to the user equipment; and informing the user equipment of the repetition interval using radio resource control protocol layer signaling, where the method further comprises determining whether a persistent allocation should be used or modified for a respective data flow, wherein allocating comprises in response to determining that a persistent allocation should be used or modified for a respective data flow, allocating the persistent allocation for the respective data flow, wherein determining whether persistent allocation should be used or modified for the respective data flow comprises considering at least one of: a type of the respective data flow, Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of a respective user equipment associated with the respective data flow, a total number of active user equipments in a cell, types of data flows currently in use by other user equipments, resource allocations of the other user equipments, and current load in an associated network.