Patent ID: 8208456

Claim:
A method in a user equipment for obtaining efficient radio resource utilization and delivery of transmitted data in a communication network comprising a first communication network entity, a second communication network entity connected to said first communication network over a communication interface, and one or more user equipments transmitting data to said second communication network entity over a radio interface, said method comprising the steps of: autonomously selecting a first uplink channel and second uplink channel power offset based on a granted upper limit of a first uplink channel and second uplink channel power offset that may be used for transmitting data; and, sending information of the selected first uplink channel and second uplink channel power offset to the second communication network entity via an uplink channel, wherein the second communication network entity forwards the selected first uplink channel and second uplink channel power offset to the first communication network entity that determines based at least on the received selected first uplink channel and second uplink channel power offset whether a change in a number of transmission attempts compared to a configured value for a particular packet depends on variations in a quality of a channel or on temporary changes in power of the channel that was decided upon by the one user equipment.