A method of controlling radio transmission in a mobile network, the method comprising: for a user equipment in a cell of the mobile network, a node of the mobile network determining a channel quality of a downlink control channel of the cell, wherein the determination of the channel quality of the downlink control channel of the cell comprises: sending control messages (301, 303) from the node to the user equipment on the downlink control channel by the node, wherein the control messages (301, 303) are commands for changing a transmit power of the user equipment; receiving reports (302, 304) by the node from the user equipment in response to the control messages (301, 303) received by the user equipment, wherein the received reports (302, 304) indicate a parameter affected by the control messages (301, 302); and evaluating the parameter indicated by the received reports (302, 304), wherein the parameter indicated by the received reports (302, 304) is a currently applied transmit power of the user equipment; depending on the determined channel quality of the downlink control channel, the node: scheduling at least one radio transmission on a data channel of the cell; on the downlink control channel, indicating radio resources allocated for the scheduled at least one radio transmission; determining a scheduling metric assigned to the user equipment; and applying a scheduling algorithm for allocating radio resources of the data channel among the user equipment and one or more further user equipments in the cell. for a user equipment in a cell of the mobile network, a node of the mobile network determining a channel quality of a downlink control channel of the cell, wherein the determination of the channel quality of the downlink control channel of the cell comprises: sending control messages (301, 303) from the node to the user equipment on the downlink control channel by the node, wherein the control messages (301, 303) are commands for changing a transmit power of the user equipment; receiving reports (302, 304) by the node from the user equipment in response to the control messages (301, 303) received by the user equipment, wherein the received reports (302, 304) indicate a parameter affected by the control messages (301, 302); and evaluating the parameter indicated by the received reports (302, 304), wherein the parameter indicated by the received reports (302, 304) is a currently applied transmit power of the user equipment; sending control messages (301, 303) from the node to the user equipment on the downlink control channel by the node, wherein the control messages (301, 303) are commands for changing a transmit power of the user equipment; receiving reports (302, 304) by the node from the user equipment in response to the control messages (301, 303) received by the user equipment, wherein the received reports (302, 304) indicate a parameter affected by the control messages (301, 302); and evaluating the parameter indicated by the received reports (302, 304), wherein the parameter indicated by the received reports (302, 304) is a currently applied transmit power of the user equipment; depending on the determined channel quality of the downlink control channel, the node: scheduling at least one radio transmission on a data channel of the cell; on the downlink control channel, indicating radio resources allocated for the scheduled at least one radio transmission; determining a scheduling metric assigned to the user equipment; and applying a scheduling algorithm for allocating radio resources of the data channel among the user equipment and one or more further user equipments in the cell. scheduling at least one radio transmission on a data channel of the cell; on the downlink control channel, indicating radio resources allocated for the scheduled at least one radio transmission; determining a scheduling metric assigned to the user equipment; and applying a scheduling algorithm for allocating radio resources of the data channel among the user equipment and one or more further user equipments in the cell.