Patent ID: 8606283

Claim:
A method in a user equipment (UE) of optimizing radio resource utilization in a communication network system comprising a network side and a UE side between which data is transmitted on uplink and downlink channels with a transmit power, wherein said UE is arranged to adjust said transmit power on said uplink channels according to gain factors received from said network side and is located in a location area of said communication network system, the method comprising: when initially accessing said communication network system, sending to said network side what UE category said UE belongs to; receiving information on an enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination index (E-TFCI) table selected by said network side based on said sent UE category; and receiving, from said network side, gain factors corresponding to said selected enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination index (E-TFCI) table solely during one of said initial access of said communication network system and the UE performing a location update registration with said network system instead of receiving gain factors during every session setup as long as said UE is located in said location area, wherein said initial access occurs after the UE powering on, wherein said initial access occurs after the UE powering on or after the UE performs a location update registration with said network side.