Patent ID: 8391146
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station, comprising: a transmission-rate determining unit for determining a transmission rate of a control channel for transmitting an upper-layer control signal; a transmitter for, based on a predetermined transmission rate, allocating a predetermined bandwidth to the control channel for transmitting the upper-layer control signal, wherein the control channel is set as a variable bandwidth, and transmitting the signal; and a scheduler for determining a transmission order of the upper-layer control signal and one or a plurality of data signals, wherein the transmitter transmits the upper-layer control signal and the data signals according to the transmission order, wherein the transmission rate of the control channel for transmitting the control signal is determined according to a priority of the control signal, and wherein the scheduler uses a flag appended to an IP packet to determine whether the IP packet includes the upper-layer control signal.