Patent ID: 8351950

Claim:
A method of controlling downlink resources in a wireless telecommunications system, the link resources being provided by a base station of the system for enabling communication from the base station to a plurality of mobile terminals, the method comprising: selecting a subset of mobile terminals from the plurality of mobile terminals communicating with the base station for scheduling of downlink transmissions of certain data; pre-allocating link resources to the mobile terminals in the selected subset of mobile terminals; in response to selecting the subset of mobile terminals for scheduling of the downlink transmission of the certain data, sending to the selected mobile terminals a selection message, wherein the selection message indicates that each of the selected mobile terminals is currently selected by the base station for scheduling; and after sending the selection message: (a) obtaining feedback information transmitted from the selected mobile terminals in response to the selection message; (b) performing transmission mode adaptation for the mobile terminals in the selected subset in dependence upon the obtained feedback information; and (c) transmitting the certain data to the selected mobile terminals by applying the transmission modes as adapted.