Patent ID: 8565177

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an evaluator configured to evaluate a number of channel coding elements per transmission time interval required to transmit control information to a communication terminal, wherein the control information is defined by information on the scheduling of communication resources allocation to the communication terminal, and wherein the evaluator is configured to evaluate the required number of channel coding elements per transmission time interval based on communication connection condition information with respect to the communication terminal; a determining processor configured to determine a modified capacity, wherein a capacity is defined by a total of available channel coding elements per transmission time interval on a channel dedicated for transmitting the control information; and a selector configured to select a quantity of communication terminals for being provided with control information on the channel dedicated for transmitting the control information by accepting a further communication terminal to the quantity if the total sum of channel coding elements per transmission time interval required to transmit control information to each communication terminal of the quantity including the further communication terminal does not exceed the modified capacity, and by otherwise rejecting the further communication terminal.