Patent ID: 7656838

Claim:
A method for managing resources in a communication system comprising at least one base station able to communicate with radio terminals on common channels and dedicated channels according to determined throughputs, each base station furthermore having at least one available bandwidth, as a function of the use of some at least of the common channels and of the dedicated channels according to said determined throughputs, for receiving data from at least one radio terminal on at least one high-throughput dedicated uplink channel, the method comprising the following steps in relation to at least one base station: /a/ determining, at the base station, at least one available bandwidth for receiving data from at least one radio terminal on at least one high-throughput dedicated uplink channel; /b/ transmitting, on a common downlink channel, a first indication relating to said available bandwidth; and /c/ transmitting, for each radio terminal independently, at least one second indication relating to a percentage of said bandwidth available not to be exceeded by said radio terminal during a next transmission on said high-throughput dedicated uplink channel.