Patent ID: 8274940
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of user equipment terminals using a shared channel, the base station apparatus comprising: a selection unit configured to select user equipment terminals to which radio resources are allocated based on priority levels indicating a priority order of allocating the radio resources for the shared channel; and a resource determination unit configured to determine a transmission power of a control channel and resources for the control channel, the control channel indicating communications of the shared channel to the selected user equipment terminals, wherein when a sum of the transmission power of the control channel related to the selected user equipment terminals exceeds a predetermined first threshold value or when a sum of control resources for the control channel related to the selected user equipment terminals exceeds a predetermined second threshold value, the resource determination unit transmits the control channel to some user equipment terminals among the selected user equipment terminals.