Patent ID: 8472395
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A user equipment for transmitting uplink signalling information in a cellular communication system, the user equipment comprising: a scheduling assistance data generator configured for generating scheduling assistance data for a base station based scheduler, the scheduling assistance data relating to physical resource allocation for uplink packet data transmission from the user equipment; a transmitter operable to transmit the scheduling assistance data from the user equipment in a first physical resource of an uplink air interface and operable to transmit the scheduling assistance data using a second physical resource of the uplink air interface, wherein the first physical resource is arranged to provide an identifier of the user equipment and is not scheduled by the base station based scheduler and the second physical resource is an uplink channel operable to convey data from a layer higher than a physical layer in addition to the scheduling assistance data, wherein the second physical resource is shared amongst a plurality of user equipment; and a channel controller operable to select between the first physical resource and the second physical resource in response to a resource availability of the first physical resource and the second physical resource to transmit the scheduling assistance data.