Abstract: A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum granted value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with a throughput at which the uplink user data transmitted from the mobile station UE to the radio base station NodeB is successfully received at a point of time; calculating, at the radio base station NodeB, as an allowable value to be notified to the mobile station UE, a granted value not more than the maximum granted value; notifying, from the radio base station NodeB to the mobile station UE, the granted value calculated at the radio base station NodeB, by using a transmission rate control channel; and transmitting, from the mobile station UE, the uplink user data, at the transmission rate corresponding to the granted value notified from the radio base station NodeB.

Abstract: A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum granted value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with the happy bit notified from the mobile station UE; calculating, at the radio base station NodeB, as an allowable value to be notified to the mobile station UE, a granted value not more than the maximum granted value; notifying, from the radio base station NodeB to the mobile station UE, the granted value calculated at the radio base station NodeB, by using a transmission rate control channel; and transmitting, from the mobile station UE, the uplink user data, at a transmission rate corresponding to the granted value notified from the radio base station NodeB.

Abstract: A base station 100 includes: a specifying unit 125 configured to specify a decrease target TTI that indicates the TTI in which a sum of already assigned transmission rates is larger than an allowable receiving transmission rate; a selecting unit 126 configured to select, as a decrease target radio terminal, the radio terminal to which the TTI in the decrease UTI is assigned; and a scheduling unit 120a configured to transmit, to the decrease target radio terminal, transmission rate decrease data that is the transmission rate control data (AG or RG) for instructing a decrease of the transmission rate.

Abstract: A transmission rate control method including: notifying, from the mobile station UE to the radio base station NodeB, a data amount in a transmission buffer of the mobile station UE; determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum allowable value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with the data amount in the transmission buffer; calculating, at the radio base station NodeB, as a granted value to be notified to the mobile station UE, a value that does not exceed the maximum allowable value, notifying, from the radio base station Node B to the mobile station UE, the granted value calculated at the radio base station UE, by using a transmission rate control channel; and transmitting, at the mobile station UE, the uplink user data, at a transmission rate corresponding to the granted value notified from the radio base station NodeB.

Abstract: A radio terminal 10 transmits, to a base station 100, uplink scheduling information including at least a transmission power ratio (UPH) indicating a ratio of a maximum transmission power to a transmission power of a DPCCH. The base station 100 transmits, to the radio terminal 10, transmission rate decrease data that instructs a decrease of a transmission rate assigned to the radio terminal 10, when the transmission power ratio included in the uplink scheduling information is below a first threshold.

Abstract: A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: selecting, at the radio base station NodeB, increase-allowed mobile stations whose uplink user data transmission rate can be increased at a predetermined TTI; equally dividing, at the radio base station NodeB, an available radio resource at the predetermined TTI, based on the number of increase-allowed mobile stations or the number of E-AGCHs that can be transmitted in the cell; and adding, at the radio base station NodeB, the radio resource equally divided by a radio resource allocating unit 13A, to each radio resources allocated to each mobile stations to which a transmission rate control channel (E-AGCH) can be transmitted and is one of the increase-allowed mobile stations.

Abstract: In a radio communication system in which a radio terminal 10 transmits, to a base station 100, uplink user data via an enhanced dedicated physical data channel, the base station 100 includes a base station side transmitter unit (scheduling unit 120a) configured to transmit, to the radio terminal 10, transmission rate decrease data for instructing a decrease of the transmission rate assigned to the radio terminal 10, when the uplink user data is not transmitted from the radio terminal 10 to the base station 100 by using the transmission rate assigned to the radio terminal 10.

Abstract: The radio terminal 10 includes a communication unit 11 configured to transmit a happy bit to the base station. The base station 100 includes: a comparison unit 126 configured to compare a priority class assigned to a control target terminal with a priority class assigned to a comparison target terminal; a first determination unit 127 configured to determine whether a happy bit rate is lower than a predetermined threshold; and a scheduling unit 120a configured to transmit, to the control target terminal, transmission rate decrease data for decreasing the transmission rate, when the priority class assigned to the control target terminal is lower than the priority class assigned to the comparison target terminal and when the happy bit rate is lower than the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A radio communication system includes: a serving cell (for example, cell A functional unit 120) configured to transmit, to a radio terminal 10, an AG for directly specifying an uplink user data transmission rate and an RG for relatively specifying the uplink user data transmission rate; and a non-serving cell (for example, cell B functional unit 130) configured to transmit the relative grant to the radio terminal 10 without transmitting the absolute grant. The non-serving cell includes an RG controlling unit 133 configured to control a transmission interval of an RG for instructing a decrease of the uplink user data transmission rate.

Abstract: A radio communication system includes: a serving cell (for example, cell A functional unit 120) configured to transmit, to a radio terminal 10, an AG for directly specifying an uplink user data transmission rate and an RG for relatively specifying the uplink user data transmission rate; and a non-serving cell (for example, cell B functional unit 130) configured to transmit the RG to the radio terminal without transmitting the AG. The non-serving cell includes an instruction unit 132 configured to instruct the serving cell to decrease the uplink user data transmission rate, when a reception power of uplink user data received from the radio terminal 10 exceeds a predetermined interference threshold.

Abstract: Provided are a radio base station and a method of receiving a physical control channel which are capable of achieving enhanced data-transmission efficiency of an uplink physical channel when a code division multiple access scheme is used. The radio base station includes: a correlation unit configured to determine a degree of correlation between a code word transmitted from the mobile device through a physical control channel and each replica of the code word, and to then select the replica having a higher degree of correlation than a predetermined degree; an identification unit configured to identify a control information piece contained in the selected replica; and a code-word replica generator configured to reduce the number of the replicas when the control information piece is identified.