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EP 2 405 616 A8 |
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CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation |
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Correction information: |
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Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1) |
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Corrigendum issued on: |
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04.07.2012 Bulletin 2012/27 |
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Date of publication: |
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11.01.2012 Bulletin 2012/02 |
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Date of filing: 28.03.2008 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL
PT RO SE SI SK TR |
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Designated Extension States: |
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AL BA MK RS |
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Priority: |
31.01.2008 US 23897
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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08153672.4 / 2086185 |
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Applicant: Research In Motion Limited |
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Waterloo, ON N2L 3W8 (CA) |
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Inventors: |
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- Yu, Yi
Ottawa, K2H 5B3 (CA)
- Cai, Zhijun
Euless, TX Texas 76039-4138 (US)
- Womack, James
Bedford, TX Texas 76022 (US)
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Representative: Hibbert, Juliet Jane Grace et al |
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Kilburn & Strode LLP
20 Red Lion Street
London WC1R 4PJ
London WC1R 4PJ (GB) |
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Method and apparatus for allocation of an uplink resource |
(57) A component 20 in a telecommunications network including a processor 582 configured,
responsive to receiving a scheduling request from a user equipment (UE) 10, to grant
a minimum level of resource capacity to the UE 10 for an uplink transmission from
the UE 10 to the component 20. The processor 582 further configured to determine the
minimum level of resource capacity based on an expected data packet payload and on
a condition of a communications channel between the component 20 and the UE 10.