Patent ID: 8260286

Claim:
A method, comprising: establishing a size limit for a buffer configured to store at least one data unit during a testing event in a mobile telecommunications network, wherein the testing event occurs during operation of a user equipment comprising the buffer with the mobile telecommunications network to determine whether the user equipment is capable of supporting enhanced dedicated channel and meeting performance requirements, wherein the establishing the size limit for the buffer is based on a multiple of a maximum number of bits of an enhanced dedicated channel transport block, that can be transmitted in a transmission time interval (TTI), by a predetermined constant, receiving a data unit from a system simulator, determining if the data unit received during the testing event and an amount of data units present in the buffer will exceed the size limit, and discarding at least part of the received data unit during the testing event when the received data unit and the amount of data units present in the buffer will exceed the size limit of the buffer, recognizing an opportunity for enhanced dedicated channel data transmission during the testing event in the mobile telecommunications network, removing enhanced dedicated channel data from the buffer, and processing the data for enhanced dedicated channel transmission; and transmitting at least part of the data to the system simulator via the enhanced dedicated channel.