Patent ID: 7701901
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting uplink signaling information in a cellular communication system; the apparatus comprising: a scheduling assistance data generator configured for generating scheduling assistance data for a base station based scheduler, the scheduling assistance data relating to uplink packet data transmission from a User Equipment, UE; a transmitter for transmitting the scheduling assistance data from the UE in a first physical resource of an uplink air interface, wherein the first physical resource comprises a plurality of physical channels that is not managed by the base station based scheduler; and transmitting the scheduling assistance data using a second physical resource wherein the second physical resource comprises a plurality of shared physical channels that is dynamically shared amongst a plurality of UEs by the base station based scheduler; a channel controller for selecting between the first physical resource and the second physical resource, wherein the channel controller is configured to select between the first physical resource and the second physical resource in response to a resource availability characteristic of the first physical resource and the second physical resource.