Patent ID: 8570960
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating a resource at a base station of a wireless communication system that provides a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, the method comprising: determining one or more terminals for providing the VoIP service during a next time section; determining mute section set information of a current time section and the next time section for the one or more terminals; and allocating an amount of a resource of the next time section to at least one terminal whose next time section is not set to a mute section, wherein the amount of resource of the next time section is based on whether the current time section is set to a mute section or not set to a mute section, and wherein the determining of the mute section set information comprises determining mute section set information of a current time section and the next time section of each terminal using a control message received from the one or more terminals.