Fast switching of forward link in wireless system
First Claim
1. In a demand access system configured for communication among a group of terminals, a method comprising the steps of:
- determining a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for a sequence of predetermined time periods;
for each terminal designated as active during such time periods, assigning a terminal unit identifier;
for each terminal designated as active during each time period, assigning an identifier of a list of active channels for such terminal unit; and
prior to the start of each time period, sending messages on a paging channel, the messages indicating terminal unit identifiers and the identifier of the list of active channels for such time period, wherein the predetermined time period being a code epoch repeat duration associated with codes to encode the transmissions of the traffic channels.
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Abstract
A technique for distributing channel allocation information in a demand access communication system. In a preferred embodiment, for use with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) type communication, multiple access codes are used that have a defined code repeat period or code epoch. For each such epoch duration, a central controller, such as located at a base station in the case of operating a forward link, determines a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for each epoch. For each terminal designated as active during the epoch, an active terminal unit identifier is assigned. For each terminal designated as active during the epoch, the base station assigns a list of active channels for such terminal unit. Prior to the start of each epoch, a channel set up message is sent on one of the forward link channels, such as a paging channel. The channel set up message indicates the terminal unit identifiers and the lists of active channels for epochs of the associated traffic channel(s) that are to follow. At the remote terminal unit, upon receiving a paging channel message, an active terminal identifier is determined from each paging channel message and compared to a previously assigned terminal identifier. On a predetermined subsequent epoch, the indicated active traffic channel, as indicated from the list of active traffic channels indicated by a received paging channel message, are then processed.
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22 Claims
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1. In a demand access system configured for communication among a group of terminals, a method comprising the steps of:
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determining a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for a sequence of predetermined time periods; for each terminal designated as active during such time periods, assigning a terminal unit identifier; for each terminal designated as active during each time period, assigning an identifier of a list of active channels for such terminal unit; and prior to the start of each time period, sending messages on a paging channel, the messages indicating terminal unit identifiers and the identifier of the list of active channels for such time period, wherein the predetermined time period being a code epoch repeat duration associated with codes to encode the transmissions of the traffic channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a demand access system configured for communication among a group of terminals, a method comprising the steps of:
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determining a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for a sequence of predetermined time periods; for each terminal designated as active during such time periods, assigning a terminal unit identifier; for each terminal designated as active during each time period, assigning an identifier of a list of active channels for such terminal unit; and prior to the start of each time period, sending messages on a paging channel, the messages indicating terminal unit identifiers and the identifier of the list of active channels for such time period, the list of active channels being indicated by a pipe group identifier, each pipe group identifier indicating a list of active channels that are assigned in groups. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. In a demand access system configured for communication among a group of terminals, a method comprising the steps of:
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determining a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for a sequence of predetermined time periods; for each terminal designated as active during such time periods, assigning a terminal unit identifier, for each terminal designated as active during each time period, assigning an identifier of a list of active channels for such terminal unit; prior to the start of each time period, sending messages on a paging channel, the messages indicating terminal unit identifiers and the identifier of the list of active channels for such time period, the terminals sharing access to a predetermined number of coded traffic channels; and
further comprising a coded traffic channel being shared among multiple terminal units, and the paging channel message specifying how the traffic channel data in the associated epoch is to be allocated among the terminal units.
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17. A demand access system configured for communication among a group of terminals, the system comprising:
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a controller that contains a traffic channel assignment scheduler that determines a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for predetermined time periods; and a transmitter, for rip or to the start of each predetermined time period, sending a message on a paging channel that indicates active terminals and active channels for such time period, a traffic channel pipe configurer, that determines a list of active channels for the predetermined time period, and assigns a pipe identifier to the list; and the paging channel message transmitter message indicating active channels by sending the pipe identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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