Scheduling transmissions on channels in a wireless network

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver;

a processor; and

wherein:

the receiver and the processor are configured to receive information including a plurality of first values, wherein each of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer;

the transmitter and the processor are configured to transmit a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with at least one radio bearer;

the receiver and the processor are further configured, in response to the transmitted plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, to receive an uplink resource allocation;

the processor is further configured to determine, based on at least one parameter, to select a limited number of queues for providing data for transmission;

the processor is further configured to provide data for transmission from the selected limited number of queues, wherein data from each of the selected limited number of queues is limited based on the first value associated with the selected queue; and

the transmitter and the processor are further configured to transmit the data provided by the selected limited number of queues in resources based on the received uplink resource allocation.

2. The UE of claim 1 wherein the data from the selected limited number of queues is selected for transmission based on a priority associated with the radio bearer of the data of the selected queue.

3. The UE of claim 1 wherein after data is selected from the selected queues based on the first values, data is further selected from the selected queues based on spare resources of the uplink resource allocation.

4. The UE of claim 1 wherein the first values are weights.

5. The UE of claim 1 wherein the uplink resources allocation is code resources.

6. The UE of claim 1 wherein the at least one parameter eliminates a queue from selection for at least one time instance.

7. The UE of claim 1 wherein providing data from the queues to be transmitted in the resources is performed iteratively.

8. The UE of claim 1 wherein the receiver and the processor are further configured to use a second value, wherein the second value has a value selected from 0 or 1, wherein the data for transmission is selected based on the second value.

9. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving information including a plurality of first values, wherein each of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer;

transmitting a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with at least one radio bearer;

receiving an uplink resource allocation, in response to the transmitted plurality of buffer occupancy indicators;

determining, based on at least one parameter, to select a limited number of queues for transmission;

providing data for transmission from the selected limited number of queues, wherein data from each of the selected limited number of queues is limited based on the first value associated with the selected queue; and

transmitting the data provided by the selected limited number of queues in resources based on the received uplink resource allocation.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the data from the selected limited number of queues is selected for transmission based on a priority associated with the radio bearer of the data of the selected queue.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein after data is selected from the selected queues based on the first values, data is further selected from the selected queues based on spare resources of the uplink resource allocation.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the first values are weights.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the uplink resources allocation is code resources.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the at least one parameter eliminates a queue from selection for at least one time instance.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the providing data from the queues to be transmitted in the resources is performed iteratively.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

selecting data for transmission based on a second value, wherein the second value has a value selected from 0 or 1.

17. A base station (BS) comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver;

a processor; and

wherein:

the transmitter and the processor configure to transmit information including a plurality of first values, wherein each of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer to a user equipment (UE);

the receiver and the processor are configured to receive a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators from the UE, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with a at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with at least one radio bearer;

the transmitter and the processor are further configured, in response to the received plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, to transmit an uplink resource allocation to the UE; and

the receiver and the processor are further configured to receive data provided by selected queues in resources based on the transmitted uplink resource allocation from the UE, wherein the selected limited number of queues were limited based on at least one parameter, data provided from the selected limited number of queues is limited based on the first values.

18. The BS of claim 17 further comprising the transmitter and the processor further configured to transmit the at least one parameter to the UE.

19. The BS of claim 17 further comprising assigning a priority to radio bearers of the UE, wherein the received data is based on the assigned priority.

20. The BS of claim 17 wherein the first values are weights.