VORRICHTUNG UND ZUGEORDNETES VERFAHREN ZUM ERMÖGLICHEN DER KOMMUNIKATION IN EINEM FUNKKOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM, DAS DATENKOMMUNIKATION MIT MEHREREN DATENRATEN BEREITSTELLT

摘要

Apparatus, and a corresponding method, for facilitating communication of data on a first data channel on which a first control signal is communicated. The apparatus is for a radio communication system in which data is communicated by a first communication station on the first data channel at a first selected data rate. The first control signal is targeted at a first trigger level during a first selected time period. The apparatus comprises a control signal generator (84) for selectably generating a second control signal for communication upon a second control channel. The second control signal is targeted at a second target level, and the second target level is selected responsive to the first selected data rate at which the data is communicated on the first data channel. As the data rates of data communicated on the first data channel changes, corresponding changes of the power level of the second control signal are made.