Patent ID: 8537765

Claim:
A method in a network node for scheduling wireless transmissions between the network node and a mobile station, the method comprising: obtaining a multi-slot class of the mobile station, determining a downlink Temporary Block Flow configuration, and assigning uplink timeslots to the mobile station and associating each assigned uplink timeslot with a priority value, based on the downlink Temporary Block Flow configuration and the multi-slot class of the mobile station, wherein said assigning and associating comprises selecting as many uplink timeslots as possible, based on the obtained multi-slot class of the mobile station, in a priority order, by selecting uplink timeslots in descending timeslot number order down to timeslot number zero, said selection starting from the lowest timeslot number assigned to downlink transmission, plus four timeslots, minus the number of timeslots it takes to switch from transmission to reception, but in no cases starting from a timeslot number greater than seven.