Patent ID: 7872980

Claim:
A method of determining a bit rate of information transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, the first communication device comprising a protocol stack, the protocol stack comprising a protocol layer, the protocol layer providing a logical channel for transferring the transmitted information through said protocol layer, the method comprising: transferring the information transmitted from the first communication device through the protocol layer of the first communication device via said logical channel according to a chosen transport format, the chosen transport format defining a transmission block size for transfer of said transmitted information via the logical channel, an amount of transmitted information equal to the transmission block size being transferred in a predetermined transmission time interval; determining, in a processor of the first communication device, a bit rate value representative of the bit rate in the logical channel on the basis of the chosen transport format by dividing the transmission block size of the chosen transport format by the predetermined transmission time interval; maintaining and updating an indication of the determined bit rate value in a memory available for use by the first communication device; and providing an indication of the determined bit rate value to another protocol layer of the first communication device or an application program to enable said other protocol layer or application program to adapt its operation.