Patent ID: 8107425

Claim:
A method of managing timeslots in a radio communications system, said method comprising the acts of: estimating a radio quality for a radio link between a base station and a multi-slot mobile unit with a predefined multiple slot capability number; and dynamically allocating, based on said estimated radio quality, a number of timeslots to said mobile unit for usage on said radio link by: defining sets of different number of said timeslots associated with said base station, each set comprises equal to or less than said predefined capability number of timeslots; associating each set with a different respective quality threshold; selecting a set based on a comparison between said estimated radio quality and said different respective quality thresholds, wherein said allocating act comprises dynamically allocating the number of timeslots of said selected set to said mobile unit including allocating Y 1 timeslots to said mobile unit at a first estimated radio quality and dynamically allocating Y 2 timeslots to said mobile unit at a second comparatively lower estimated radio quality, where Y 1 >Y 2 and Y 1 , Y 2 are integers equal to or smaller than said predefined capability number; and dynamically adjusting set definitions during operation.