Patent ID: 8731590

Claim:
A method for operating a user terminal, the method comprising: obtaining a resource allocation assignment including at least an assignment of a resource allocation amount of granted resources for transmission, allocating resources out of the granted resources to logical channels, for which data is available for transmission, according to a priority and a prioritized bit rate of each logical channel; calculating a metric indicative of a result of the resource allocation in terms of at least one of requirements of the prioritized bit rates of the logical channels and the available data of the logical channels; and at least one of: sending the calculated metric to an access node, and obtaining from the access node a modified resource allocation assignment including at least one of an assignment of a resource allocation amount of granted resources for transmission and an assignment of a resource sharing balance of granted resources between devices involved in the transmission, and sending the calculated metric to a device involved in the transmission, and obtaining from said device a modified resource allocation assignment including an assignment of a resource sharing balance of granted resources with said device; and/or receiving from a device involved in the transmission the metric of said device, establishing a modified resource allocation assignment including an assignment of a resource sharing balance of granted resources with said device based on the calculated metric and the received metric, and providing the modified resource allocation assignment to said device.