A method and an arrangement for obtaining efficient radio resource utilization in a communication network comprising a first communication network entity (10), a second communication network entity (15) connected to said first communication network over a communication interface and one or more user equipments (18) transmitting data to said second communication network entity (15) over a radio interface. The user equipments (18) perform the step of autonomously selecting a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) operating point in order to efficiently deliver transmitted data.