ADAPTIVE RADIO CHANNEL SWITCHING

A method and a Radio Network Controller for adaptive radio channel switching between dedicated channels in an UMTS network. The method comprises the steps of initiating and admitting a new Packet Switched connection (100); checking if buffer and throughput value is below a lower threshold value (102); if buffer and throughput value is below a lower threshold value, increasing the channel and repeating from step (102, 104); if buffer and throughput value is not below a lower threshold value, checking if buffer and throughput is above an upper threshold value (106); if buffer and throughput is above an upper threshold value, decreasing the channel and repeating from step (106, 108); if buffer and throughput is not above an upper threshold value, repeating from step (102, 110); and terminating or releasing the Packet Switched connection (112).