TRANSFER RATE CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION

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EP 1 887 825 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	25.06.2008 Bulletin 2008/26

(43)	Date of publication:
	13.02.2008 Bulletin 2008/07

(21)	Application number: 06746009.7

(22)	Date of filing: 02.05.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04Q 7/38^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/JP2006/309159

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/118302 (09.11.2006 Gazette 2006/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

02.05.2005 JP 2005134299

(71)	Applicant: NTT DoCoMo Inc.
	Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100-6150 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	USUDA, Masafumi c/o Intellectual Property Department NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6150 (JP) UMESH, Anil c/o Intellectual Property Department NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6150 (JP)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	TRANSFER RATE CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION

(57) The present invention simplifies management of a transmission rate of data flows of a plurality of priority levels, and reduces load in the mobile station and the radio base station.
A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: transmitting, at the radio base station Node B, a common absolute rate control channel including a priority level and the transmission rate; transmitting, at the mobile station, when the mobile station has data flows of a plurality of priority levels, all the data flows at a transmission rate, which is included in the common absolute rate control channel, corresponding to the highest priority level among the plurality of priority levels.