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Apparatus, method and computer program product providing fast and reliable uplink synchronization using dedicated resources for user equipment in need of synchronization

  • US 20070184865A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2007
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining if a user equipment has a need to establish uplink synchronization with a base station;

    in response to determining that the user equipment has the need to establish uplink synchronization with the base station, determining if uplink resources are available on a non-contention-based channel for the user equipment;

    in response to determining that uplink resources are available on the non-contention-based channel for the user equipment, dedicating the uplink resources on the non-contention-based channel to the user equipment and communicating an indication of the dedicated uplink resources to the user equipment; and

    using at least the uplink resources, synchronizing with the user equipment on the non-contention-based channel in order to receive information from the user equipment.

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