Abstract: A technique comprising: monitoring radio transmissions on a contention-based radio resource; and controlling one or more radio transmissions on said contention-based radio resource, at least partly based on information about when one or more first access nodes identified as interference-sensitive nodes, requiring more interference protection than one or more second access nodes, are using said contention-based radio resource.

Abstract: In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform determining, by the network node, an occurrence of collisions in a communication associated with the network device of the communication network, where the determining is using a sensing threshold; and based on the determined occurrence of collisions, updating an outer-loop link adaptation offset of the communication.

Abstract: In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform determining, by the network node, an occurrence of collisions in a communication associated with the network device of the communication network, where the determining is using a sensing threshold; and based on the determined occurrence of collisions, updating an outer-loop link adaptation offset of the communication.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a controller for controlling radio communication using communication resources for user data communication, and control resources for controlling communication on the communication resources, an allocator for allocating mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, each allocation defining a different utilization of the control resources and communication resources, a monitor for monitoring one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation and the persistent allocation, and a reallocator configured to reallocate at least one mobile station if one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for providing a communication resource for a communication device in a communication system. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor (410) and memory (450) having computer program code. The memory (450) and the computer program code is configured to, with the processor (400), cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: assess a capacity of a physical downlink control channel, provide a pre-assigned communication resource for transmission of data to a communication device upon determining insufficient capacity is available in the physical downlink control channel, and format the data for transmission to the communication device employing the pre-assigned communication resource.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a controller for controlling radio communication using communication resources for user data communication, and control resources for controlling communication on the communication resources, an allocator for allocating mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, each allocation defining a different utilization of the control resources and communication resources, a monitor for monitoring one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation and the persistent allocation, and a reallocator configured to reallocate at least one mobile station if one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled.