Patent ID: 8780822

Claim:
A method for transmitting information, comprising: sending, by a radio network controller (RNC), a message for setting up or reconfiguring a shared enhanced dedicated channel (shared E-DCH) to a NodeB; receiving, by the RNC, information from the NodeB about the shared E-DCH that the NodeB set up or reconfigured according to the message from the RNC to the NodeB; exchanging, by the RNC, information with the NodeB through the shared E-DCH; wherein the message from the RNC to the NodeB comprises the following parameters that are needed when a user equipment (UE) performs a random access procedure through the shared E-DCH: a signature list, a relevant physical layer parameter, and a transmission bearer parameter; and wherein the signature list is sent from the RNC to the NodeB in a same manner as sending a preamble signature in a physical random access channel (PRACH); and wherein the exchanging information with the NodeB through the shared E-DCH comprises: receiving, by the RNC, E-DCH data including a UE identity (ID) from the NodeB, and resolving, by the RNC, the E-DCH data received including the UE ID to obtain the UE ID; wherein the E-DCH data including the UE ID is obtained by adding, by the NodeB, the UE ID of a UE into information received from the UE and converting, by the NodeB, data and the UE ID in the information into the E-DCH data including the UE ID, wherein the information received from the UE does not include any UE ID.