Combining multiple physical traffic channels in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A method of communicating between a mobile station having a plurality of wireless access terminals and a wireless network, comprising:
- transmitting a first portion of a communication between the mobile station and the wireless network on a first physical traffic channel associated with a first one of the wireless access terminals; and
transmitting a second portion of the communication on a second physical traffic channel associated with a second one of the wireless access terminals.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system (20) allows communications between a mobile station (22) and a wireless network (24) over combined physical traffic channels (44, 46). In a disclosed example, a mobile station (22) has multiple wireless access terminals (40, 42) for transmitting different portions of a communication over multiple physical traffic channels (44, 46). In a disclosed example, each wireless access terminal (40, 42) utilizes one of the channels (44, 46). A known multilink PPP protocol facilitates splitting a communication into portions to be communicated over the combined physical traffic channels (44, 46) and then recombined at the mobile station (22) or an appropriate portion of the network (24). With a disclosed example, the achievable throughput using combined physical traffic channels (44, 46) approaches the aggregate or sum of the individual channel throughput capacities.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating between a mobile station having a plurality of wireless access terminals and a wireless network, comprising:
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transmitting a first portion of a communication between the mobile station and the wireless network on a first physical traffic channel associated with a first one of the wireless access terminals; and
transmitting a second portion of the communication on a second physical traffic channel associated with a second one of the wireless access terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of communicating between a mobile station having a plurality of wireless access terminals and a wireless network, comprising:
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receiving a first portion of a communication between the mobile station and the wireless network on a first physical traffic channels associated with a first one of the wireless access terminals; and
receiving a second portion of the communication on a second physical traffic channel associated with a second one of the wireless access terminals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile station comprising:
a plurality of wireless access terminals for communicating on a corresponding plurality of physical traffic channels such that the mobile station communicates a first portion of a communication using a first one of the wireless access terminals and a first one of the physical traffic channels and at least one other portion of the communication using a second one of the wireless access terminals and a second one of the physical traffic channels.
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