Patent ID: 7773518

Claim:
A telecommunication system having at least one first entity and at least one second entity configured to transmit data on at least one physical channel, said physical channel transmitting a transport channel composite and having a maximum physical bit rate, said transport channel composite comprising data of a plurality of transport channels, said system comprising: means for determining a first parameter controlling a rate matching ratio for said transport channel; means for transmitting said first parameter to at least one of said first entity and said second entity; means for transforming a number of symbols before rate matching into a number of symbols after said rate matching for said transport channel; means for determining a maximum value of rate estimators by calculating said rate estimator of respective one of a plurality of said transport channel composites, said rate estimator being calculated by multiplying said first parameter by the number of symbols before said rate matching per radio frame of each of said transport channels; means for calculating a ratio of said maximum physical bit rate to said maximum value of said rate estimators; and means for determining a variation between the number of symbols after said rate matching and the number of symbols before said rate matching based on said first parameter and said ratio of said maximum physical bit rate to said maximum value of said rate estimators.