Patent ID: 7894395

Claim:
In a wireless telecommunication system, a method of allocating radio resources for each of a plurality of logical channels, wherein each of the logical channels has a corresponding priority, the method comprising: receiving at least one signal which defines a priority corresponding to each of the logical channels; allocating radio resources for a first amount of data associated with each of the logical channels, wherein the allocation of radio resources is based on the priority corresponding to each of the logical channels; and allocating remaining radio resources for a second amount of data associated with each of two or more of the logical channels, the two or more logical channels, wherein the second amount of data associated with each of the two or more logical channels is in addition to the first amount of data associated with each of the two or more logical channels, wherein the two or more logical channels have the same priority, and wherein the remaining radio resources are allocated equally for the two or more logical channels.