Packet data communication device and method in mobile communication system

• US 6,636,496 B1
• Filed: 08/26/1999
• Issued: 10/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Dong-Ho, Kim, Sun-Mi, Park, Seong-Soo, Lee, Hyeon-Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US09/383,803
• Time in Patent Office: 1,517 Days
• Field of Search: 370/335, 370/338, 370/342, 370/401, 370/349, 370/468, 370/337, 370/441, 370/442, 370/443, 370/313, 370/329, 370/341, 370/431
• US Class Current: 370/335
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02

Abstract

A method for controlling channel access in a mobile communication system. A base station generates a broadcast channel frame, which includes status information indicating whether channel codes which are changing in real time are occupied or not. The base station transmits the broadcast channel frame at predetermined intervals. Then, a mobile station selects an available channel code based on information from the received broadcast channel frame, generates a channel assignment request message, and transmits the channel assignment request message on a random access channel. Upon reception of the channel assignment request message on the random access channel, the base station assigns a channel, sets a transmission rate, and transmits the information on a forward access channel.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a channel between a mobile station and a base station in a mobile communication system, the system comprising the steps of:

generating a broadcast channel frame including status information indicating whether channel codes are occupied or not, the status of channel codes changing in real time;

transmitting said broadcast channel frame every predetermined time period by a base station;

receiving, at a mobile station, the broadcast channel frame at the time period;

selecting an available channel code based on information in the received broadcast channel frame;

determining whether an access is allowed or not by calculating access probability;

generating a channel assignment request message when the access is allowed,

transmitting the channel assignment request message on a random access channel by a mobile station; and

assigning, at the base station, the channel code selected by the mobile station on a forward access channel, upon reception of the channel assignment request message on the random access channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast channel includes information about the identification of the broadcast channel, a number of mobile stations paged in the broadcast channel frame, identifications of the paged mobile stations, and a state of the codes of unoccupied traffic channels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile station determines whether there are unoccupied channel codes by checking information about states of channel codes from the broadcast channel, selects one of the unoccupied channel codes to be the access channel if there are unoccupied channel codes, and transmits the channel assignment request message on the access channel, to thereby attempt to access a channel.

4. A device for controlling channel access in a base station in a CDMA communication system, comprising:

a broadcast channel transmitter for transmitting, to mobile stations within a transmission region of the base station, a broadcast channel frame on a broadcast channel at predetermined intervals, said broadcast channel frame providing real-time updating of information including identifications of paged mobile stations and changing states of a plurality of channel codes;

a reverse common control channel receiver for receiving a channel assignment request message from a mobile station; and

a forward common control channel transmitter for generating an acknowledgment message including assignment of a channel corresponding to said channel assignment request message and a transmission rate.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein said reverse common control channel receiver receives a random access channel and the forward common channel transmitter transmits a forward access channel.

6. A device for controlling channel access in a mobile station in a CDMA communication system, comprising:

a broadcast channel receiver for receiving a broadcast channel frame on a broadcast channel at predetermined intervals, said broadcast channel frame including information about states of a plurality of channel codes, the states of channel codes changing in real time;

a random access channel transmitter for analyzing said broadcast channel frame information, selecting an available channel code based on the received broadcast channel frame information when the mobile station needs a channel code to use, generating an channel assignment request message, determining whether an access is allowed or not by calculating access probability, and transmitting the channel assignment request message when the access is allowed; and

a forward access channel receiver for receiving information about channel assignment and transmission rate on a forward access channel.

7. A method for controlling channel access in a base station in a CDMA communication system, comprising the steps of:

generating a broadcast channel frame including information about identifications of paged mobile stations and states of a plurality of channel codes, said broadcast channel frame being updated in real time;

transmitting said broadcast channel frame on a broadcast channel at predetermined intervals;

receiving a channel assignment request from a mobile station, said channel assignment request including a request for channel assignment and transmission rate;

generating an acknowledgment message including requested channel assignment and transmission rate; and

transmitting said acknowledgment message on a forward access channel.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request from a mobile station for changing the transmission rate;

controlling the transmission rate by analyzing the available channels; and

transmitting information about the controlled transmission rate.

9. A method for controlling channel access in a mobile station in a CDMA communication system where a base station generates a broadcast channel frame including information about states of a plurality of channel codes, the states of channel codes changing in real time, and transmits said broadcast channel frame on a broadcast channel, the method comprising the steps of;

receiving the broadcast channel frame at a predetermined time period;

counting a number of available channel codes based on the status information in said broadcast channel frame receiving from said base station;

selecting of the available codes for data to be transmitted;

generating a channel assignment request message including the selected code;

determining whether an access is allowed or not by calculating access probability; and

transmitting the channel assignment request message on an access channel when the access is allowed.