Patent ID: 8102821

Claim:
A downlink packet scheduling method for a shared channel or a common channel in a mobile communication system between a base station and a mobile station, the method comprising: a step wherein the base station determines whether there is a waiting packet to be transmitted to the mobile station other than a current transmission packet; a step wherein when it is determined that there is no waiting packet to be transmitted, the base station sets a stop period “t” in which packet transmission is temporarily stopped after the current packet transmission; a step wherein the base station transmits information indicating the stop period “t” through a schedule information channel transmitting schedule information of a downlink packet; and a step wherein the base station stops the packet transmission to the mobile station during the stop period “t” after the current packet transmission, wherein the stop period “t” is set based on records of past transmission packet waiting status, and wherein as the stop period “t”, a prescribed upper limit value is set, and an average value or a minimum value of time periods in which there is no waiting packet to be transmitted is set.