Patent ID: 8797942

Claim:
A method for ensuring random access coverage in one while supporting high uplink data rates in the one cell served by a base station, comprising: identifying a shared set of radio resources associated to the one cell to be shared by multiple mobile radio terminals for uplink transmissions to the base station including requests for access to service from the base station and transmissions for active connections with the base station; defining a first repeating time period for the one cell and a second repeating time period for the one cell different from the first repeating time period; during the first repeating time period, scheduling uplink transmission grants for one or more active connections being supported by the one cell that permit use of a greater amount of the shared set of radio resources associated to the one cell; during the second repeating time period, scheduling uplink transmission grants for one or more active connections being supported by the one cell that permit use of a smaller amount of the shared set of radio resources associated to the one cell smaller than the greater amount; and controlling at least some random access requests to the base station served by the one cell to occur only during the second repeating time period.