Patent ID: 9026159
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless network comprising at least one base station and a plurality of subscriber terminals, a method is provided for allocating channel resources, which method comprises the following steps: a) transmitting at least one message which comprises information that would allow associating at least one service flow for use in conveying data from/to a subscriber terminal out of said plurality of subscriber terminals, with at least one group of service flows; b) transmitting from said base station one or more messages adapted to provide information which relates to the allocation of resources of a channel along which data will be transmitted to/from said subscriber terminal via one or more service flows associated with said at least one group of service flows, and wherein the information comprises an identification of the at least one group of service flows; and c) transmitting data from/to said subscriber terminal in accordance with the allocation of channel resources for the at least one group of service flows.