Patent ID: 7190700
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a radio resource in a mobile communication system, comprising: determining a service grade of a requesting mobile station that requests a data service; collecting a portion of a first radio resource, which is assigned to a mobile station corresponding to a lower service grade among other mobile stations in service, at a constant rate, based on a second radio resource required for the service grade; assigning the second radio resource to the requesting mobile station using the collected portion of the first radio resource; reassigning radio resources of mobile stations in service based on the collected portion of the first radio resource; reestablishing priorities in accordance with service grades of the mobiles stations in service after the reassigning; and providing data services to the mobile stations in service in accordance with the reestablished priorities, wherein the collected portion of the first radio resource is less than the entire first radio resource.