Patent ID: 8228831

Claim:
A network element for communication in a wireless High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) communication network, the network element comprising: a transceiver; a processing unit to: receive at least one measured parameter value indicative of a channel quality on an uplink radio channel, and calculate a deviation of the measured parameter value from a nominal parameter value indicative of an expected quality on the uplink radio channel; and a control unit to change a gating scheme of a control channel of the uplink radio channel, the processing unit is further to: compare the calculated deviation of the measured parameter value with a lower threshold value indicative of the lower threshold of deviation from a nominal parameter value and/or an upper threshold of deviation from a nominal parameter value, instruct the control unit to change the gating scheme of the control channel of the uplink radio channel, if the calculated deviation from a nominal parameter value lies outside of the deviation interval defined by at least the lower threshold value, and signal the change of the gating scheme of the control channel, where the calculated deviation from a nominal parameter value comprises one of variance, standard deviation, or other types of deviation of a stochastic variable.