Patent ID: 7353025

Claim:
A method of uplink transmission scheduling for a network including at least one radio network controller (RNC), at least one user equipment (UE), and a plurality of Node Bs, the method comprising: determining a parameter to be applied to an uplink transmission schedule of the at least one UE based on an interference effect caused by the at least one UE to a scheduling Node B or to neighboring Node Bs, wherein the at least one RNC determines the parameter to be applied to the uplink schedule and transmits the determined parameter to the at least one UE, and the at least one UE determines a scheduling transmission probability that the at least one UE will transmit based on the parameter, wherein the uplink schedule includes a transmit power or transmit rate to be used by the at least one UE, the parameter comprises a credit value, and the at least one UE applies the credit value to the transmit power or the transmit rate included in the uplink schedule to determine an allowable transmit power or transmit rate, wherein the at least one UE includes a plurality of UEs, and UEs causing a larger amount of uplink interference to neighboring cells are assigned a smaller credit value than UEs causing a smaller amount of uplink interference.