Patent ID: 8488453

Claim:
A method for enhanced uplink data transmission in a radio access network (RAN), comprising the acts of: monitoring a communication status of each of a plurality of user equipments (UE) which are conducting uplink data transmission in the RAN; receiving data transmitted on at least one dedicated uplink channel from at least one of said plurality of UEs; sending by the UE uplink feedback information on said at least one uplink dedicated channel; receiving by the UE power control information through a shared control channel, the power control information including transmit power control of said at least one uplink dedicated channel; and allocating a number of uplink dedicated channels to at least one of said plurality of UEs dynamically, according to the communication status of said plurality of UEs, wherein the act monitoring further comprises the act of: measuring by the RAN an uplink channel transmission quality of said at least one dedicated uplink channel used by said UE to get a value of a parameter P which denotes the uplink channel transmission quality of said at least one dedicated uplink channel used by said UE.