Patent ID: 8909160

Claim:
A communications system comprising: a base station; and a radio network controller (RNC), wherein the RNC is configured to: obtain, from a user equipment (UE), capability information of the UE, the capability information of the UE including information relating to the UE' s Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH) power boost capability, designate the base station with a default of supporting E-DPCCH power boost capability if the UE supports E-DPCCH power boost capability, without information from the base station concerning whether the base station supports the E-DPCCH power capability, and allocate resources to the base station in accordance with the default designation of the base station's E-DPCCH power boost capability, enabling the base station to use the E-DPCCH power boost capability to perform channel estimation for the UE.