Patent ID: 8634840

Claim:
Method for allocation and priority handling of uplink (UL) and downlink (DL)resources in a telecommunication system comprising at least one radio network controller (RNC), and at least one Node-B (NB) for enabling wireless communication with at least one user terminal (UE), the method comprising: the RNC establishing at least one enhanced dedicated transport channel (E-DCH) enabling uplink data traffic with a determined maximum data rate from the user terminal (UE) to the Node-B (NB), the RNC establishing at least one high speed DL shared channel (HS-DSCH) enabling downlink data traffic with a determined maximum data rate from the Node-B (NB) to the user terminal (UE), the Node-B (NB) comprising a HSDPA scheduler (HS-S) scheduling the data rate for the DL data traffic via the HS-DSCH and an EUL scheduler (EUL-S) scheduling the maximum data rate for the UL data traffic via the E-DCH, the Node-B (NB) exchanging data rate information between the HSDPA scheduler (HS-S) and the EUL scheduler (EUL-S), the Node-B (NB) monitoring a quotient (Q) between DL data rate and the UL data rate, the HSDPA scheduler (HS-S) or the EUL scheduler (EUL-S) changing the allocation or the priority handling of the UL and the DL resources at least partially based on a comparison between the Q and a quotient Qold, Qold being a previous calculation of the Q.