Patent ID: 7684408

Claim:
A communication method comprising: an interference amount measuring step of measuring an amount of interference about received signals at a base station; an interference amount notifying step of notifying said amount of interference measured in said measuring step from said base station to an RNC (Radio Network Controller); a maximum interference amount indicating step of indicating, from said RNC to which said amount of interference is notified to said base station, a maximum amount of interference which must not be exceeded as a result of scheduling; a buffer state information transmitting step of transmitting terminal buffer state information indicating a state of a terminal buffer, the terminal buffer storing uplink data to be transmitted from a terminal to said base station, from said terminal to said base station; an uplink radio resource indicating step of performing said scheduling at said base station which receives said terminal buffer state information, and performing indicating of uplink radio resources to said terminal; and a data transmitting step of transmitting the data from said terminal to said base station according to said indication of the uplink radio resources performed by said base station.