A base station (BS) is configured to transmit information including a plurality of first values and queue limit information to a user equipment (UE), wherein each of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer. Further, the BS is configured to receive a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with at least one queue, wherein each queue is associated with the at least one radio bearer. In response to the plurality of buffer occupancy indicators received, the BS allocates uplink resources to the UE, including data provided by a limited number of queues in the allocated uplink resources, wherein an amount of data received from each of the limited number of queues is limited based on the first values.