Patent ID: 8811327

Claim:
A method for determining the support capacity of a local cell, comprising the following steps of: a controlling radio network controller (C-RNC) receiving from a node B capability support information about the local cell of the node B, wherein the capability support information comprises uplink multi-carrier capability support information and shared interconnection of type B (IUB) transport bearer capability support information; and, the C-RNC determining by default that the local cell supports a separate IUB transport bearer, and determining an uplink multi-carrier support capability and a shared IUB transport bearer support capability of the local cell according to the capability support information, wherein the capability support information further comprises separate IUB transport bearer capability support information, and before the C-RNC determining an uplink multi-carrier support capability and a shared IUB transport bearer support capability of the local cell according to the capability support information, the method further comprising: determining whether the local cell supports the separate IUB transport bearer according to the separate IUB transport bearer capability support information, and if yes, continuing subsequent processing steps, and otherwise, the C-RNC determining that the local cell does not support the uplink multi-carrier and supports the separate IUB transport bearer.