Method of reporting scheduling information

A method of encoding and transmitting information relating to data to be transmitted from user equipment to a base station in a multi-carrier wireless telecommunications network, at least one carrier comprising a data channel, said method comprising:ngenerating an indication of one or more characteristics of said data to be transmitted, wherein at least one characteristic is user equipment buffer information;determining an indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier;encoding a scheduling information message for said at least one carrier, said scheduling information message being generated from the indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier and the one or more characteristics of said data to be transmitted;transmitting said encoded scheduling information message for said at least one carrier to the base station on two or more carriers.

User equipment operable to encode and transmit information relating to data to be transmitted from said user equipment to a base station in a multi-carrier wireless telecommunications network, at least one carrier comprising a data channel, said user equipment comprising:na controller operable to generate an indication of the characteristics of said data to be transmitted, and determine an indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier, wherein at least one characteristic is user equipment buffer information,the controller being operable to encode a scheduling information message for said at least one carrier, said scheduling information message being generated from the indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier and the characteristics of said data to be transmitted,the controller being further operable to transmit said encoded scheduling information message for said at least one carrier to the base station on two or more carriers.

A non-transitory computer-usable data carrier storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of encoding and transmitting information relating to data to be transmitted from user equipment to a base station in a multi-carrier wireless telecommunications network, at least one carrier comprising a data channel, said method comprising:ngenerating an indication of one or more characteristics of said data to be transmitted, wherein at least one characteristic is user equipment buffer information;determining an indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier;encoding a scheduling information message for said at least one carrier, said scheduling information message being generated from the indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier and the one or more characteristics of said data to be transmitted;transmitting said encoded scheduling information message for said at least one carrier to the base station on two or more carriers.

A method of encoding and transmitting information relating to data to be transmitted from user equipment to a base station in a multi-carrier wireless telecommunications network, at least one carrier comprising a data channel, said method comprising:ngenerating an indication of one or more characteristics of said data to be transmitted;determining an indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier;encoding a scheduling information message for said at least one carrier, said scheduling information message being generated from the indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier and the characteristic of said data to be transmitted;transmitting said encoded scheduling information message for said at least one carrier to the base station on two or more carriers, wherein said at least one carrier further comprises a pilot channel and said indication of estimated power available to send data on said data channel of said at least one carrier comprises a ratio of user equipment available power for data transmission to power pre-allocated to the pilot channel of said at least one carrier.