Apparatus, and associated method, for asynchronously pre-reserving channel to effectuate an interactive packet communication service in a radio communication system
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a channel request message generator embodied at an application layer of a communication station, said channel request message generator configured to generate a channel request message to request allocation of a channel defined upon a radio air interface for the communication station to communicate packet-formatted data from the communication station to a remote station; and
a data buffer and manipulator configured to buffer the packet-formatted data at the communication station pending allocation of the channel responsive to the channel request message, further configured to selectably manipulate the packet-formatted data buffered at the communication station pending the allocation of the channel by modifying the buffered packet-formatted data, and further configured to provide the modified packet-formatted data to the radio air interface responsive to the channel being assigned.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, is provided to facilitate communications pursuant to an interactive packet radio communication service, such as an interactive gaming service. When data is to be communicated by a gaming device, or other mobile node, request for channel allocation is made. And, packet data generated at the gaming device is buffered at a buffer and selectably manipulated when buffered thereat pending grant of a channel allocation. Because the data is permitted to be manipulated pending grant of the channel allocation, data packets that become obsolete during the pendency are overwritten, or otherwise caused not to be sent, thereby more efficiently utilizing the channel allocation allocated to effectuate the communication service.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a channel request message generator embodied at an application layer of a communication station, said channel request message generator configured to generate a channel request message to request allocation of a channel defined upon a radio air interface for the communication station to communicate packet-formatted data from the communication station to a remote station; and a data buffer and manipulator configured to buffer the packet-formatted data at the communication station pending allocation of the channel responsive to the channel request message, further configured to selectably manipulate the packet-formatted data buffered at the communication station pending the allocation of the channel by modifying the buffered packet-formatted data, and further configured to provide the modified packet-formatted data to the radio air interface responsive to the channel being assigned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. The apparatus of claim I wherein modifying the buffered packet-formatted data comprises manipulation of transmission unit size of the packet formatted data.
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16. A method comprising:
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generating, at an application layer of a communication station, a channel request message to request allocation of a channel defined upon a radio air interface of the communication station to communicate packet-formatted data from the communication station to a remote station; buffering the packet formatted data pending allocation of the channel responsive to the channel request message; selectably manipulating the packet formatted data pending allocation of the channel by modifying the buffered packet-formatted data; and providing the modified packet-formatted data to the radio air interface responsive to the channel being assigned. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to request allocation of a channel defined upon a radio air interface for a radio layer of a communication station to communicate packet-formatted data, further configured to buffer the packet-formatted data pending allocation of the channel responsive to the channel request message, further configured to selectably manipulate the buffered packet-formatted data by modifying the buffered packet-formatted data pending the allocation of the channel, and further configured to provide the modified packet-formatted data to the radio air interface responsive to the channel being assigned.
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22. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable program instructions programmed to execute on the processor to cause the processor to at least request allocation of a channel defined upon a radio air interface for a radio layer of a communication station to communicate packet-formatted data, to buffer the packet-formatted data pending allocation of the channel responsive to the channel request message, to selectably manipulate the buffered packet-formatted data by modifying the buffered packet-formatted data pending the allocation of the channel by discarding obsolete data, and to provide the modified packet-formatted data to the radio air interface responsive to the channel being defined and allocated for the radio layer of the communication station.
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