Patent ID: 8638727
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a radio communication network for scheduling uplink transmission resources in connection with packet switched communication, wherein uplink and downlink transmissions are segmented into radio blocks and each radio block is transmitted in a plurality of bursts, said method comprising the steps of: scheduling time slots for transmission of bursts of a first radio block on at least two different uplink packet data channels in a first subperiod within a basic uplink period; and, transmitting an Uplink State flag associated with a mobile station for which said first radio block was scheduled on a first downlink packet data channel selected from a group of downlink packet data channels corresponding to each of said at least two different uplink packet data channels, wherein each different downlink packet data channel in said group represents a different subperiod within said basic uplink period and said first downlink packet data channel represents said first subperiod within said basic uplink period.