ALTERNATE CHANNEL FOR CARRYING SELECTED MESSAGE TYPES
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1. A method for communicating information in a base station comprising:
- allocating at least one reverse link channel to be a shared acknowledgement channel for receiving acknowledgement information;
assigning at least one forward link channel for communicating data payload to a corresponding field unit; and
receiving acknowledgement information associated with the data payload from the corresponding field unit over the shared acknowledgement channel.
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Abstract
A method for communicating information in a base station is disclosed. A reverse link channel is allocated to be a shared acknowledgement channel for receiving acknowledgement information. Acknowledgement information associated with data payload from a field unit is then received over the shared acknowledgement channel by the base station.
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1. A method for communicating information in a base station comprising:
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allocating at least one reverse link channel to be a shared acknowledgement channel for receiving acknowledgement information; assigning at least one forward link channel for communicating data payload to a corresponding field unit; and receiving acknowledgement information associated with the data payload from the corresponding field unit over the shared acknowledgement channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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