Patent ID: 8331392

Claim:
A method implemented in a network node for allocating transmission rates to a mobile terminal where the mobile terminal uses the allocated transmission rates for sending packet data over an air interface in a radio telecommunications network, the method comprising steps of: providing a first grant message queue for queuing grant messages to be sent to the mobile terminal, wherein said grant messages which indicate allocated transmission rates are to be sent over a first radio channel to the mobile terminal where the mobile terminal uses the allocated transmission rates for sending packet data over the air interface in the radio telecommunication network; receiving a rate request from the mobile terminal; allocating a transmission rate to said mobile terminal in response to the rate request in dependence of a current air interface interference and said allocated transmission rates in queued grant messages currently in said first grant message queue; and queuing a new grant message, to be sent to said mobile terminal, within said first grant message queue, where the new grant message indicates said allocated transmission rate in response to the rate request.