Patent ID: 8112091

Claim:
A method for allocating radio resources in a mobile communication system, the method performed by a mobile terminal and comprising: transmitting first information to a network, wherein the first information is utilized by the network to allocate radio resources to a mobile terminal for allowing communication between the mobile terminal and the network; and receiving second information from the network, wherein the second information is related to an allocation of radio resources for the mobile terminal, wherein the first information is transmitted upon expiration of a timer or upon receiving a request to transmit the first information from the network, wherein the first information comprises information related to an average number of retransmissions under a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme and mobile terminal power information comprising an amount of power available for use by the mobile terminal, wherein the second information is received during a first frame of a set of time frames, wherein the first frame includes identities of all mobile terminals that are scheduled for data communication within the set of time frames, and wherein the second information comprises at least an indicator for indicating to the mobile terminal the existence of paging information or information related to when the network can allocate the radio resources.