Patent ID: 7710875

Claim:
A method for improved congestion control in a wireless mobile system wherein a high speed packet data access (HSDPA) is established between a node and a number of mobile stations (MS) by dedicating a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) to all mobile stations (MS) and one associated dedicated channel (A-DPCH) per mobile station (MS), said method comprising the steps of: detecting with a control device, in case of congestion, the amount of download data still to be downloaded by each of the mobile stations; and, releasing by said control device, based on the amount of download data still to be downloaded, the associated dedicated channel (A-DPCH) for one or more first mobile stations having an amount of data above a predetermined threshold level, wherein the threshold level is an amount of download data to be downloaded by one or more second mobile stations using the same high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) as said one or more first mobile station.