Method for allocating a temporary resource request identifier for accessing a target base station
First Claim
1. A method for allocating by a plurality of source base stations of a cellular wireless communication support infrastructure a temporary resource request identifier to a wireless communication device for accessing a target base station of the cellular wireless communication support infrastructure, the method comprising:
- identifying a list of temporary resource request identifiers associated with the target base station for use by one or more wireless communication devices requesting resources from the target base station, wherein the list includes a subset of one or more part time temporary resource request identifiers whose respective assignment to a corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations at a particular time is rotated between more than one of the plurality of corresponding groupings of one or more source base stations and wherein the list additionally includes a subset of one or more full time temporary resource request identifiers that are respectively assigned to one of a plurality of corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations;
detecting a desire by a particular wireless communication device for resources from the target base station, while the particular wireless communication device is communicating with a particular source base station; and
allocating a temporary resource request identifier, which is currently associated with the corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations including the particular source base station to the particular wireless communication device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a method for allocating by a plurality of source base stations of a cellular wireless communication support infrastructure a temporary resource request identifier to a wireless communication device for accessing a target base station. The method includes identifying a list of temporary resource request identifiers associated with the target base station for use by one or more wireless communication devices, wherein the list includes a subset of one or more part time temporary resource request identifiers whose respective assignment to a corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations at a particular time is rotated between more than one of the plurality of corresponding groupings of one or more source base stations. The present invention further provides for allocating a temporary resource request identifier to a wireless communication device for accessing a target base station, where a corresponding one of the temporary resource request identifiers is allocated to a particular wireless communication devices, where the temporary resource request identifier includes a limitation of usage corresponding to particular communication time intervals during which the temporary resource request identifier can be used with the target base station.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for allocating by a plurality of source base stations of a cellular wireless communication support infrastructure a temporary resource request identifier to a wireless communication device for accessing a target base station of the cellular wireless communication support infrastructure, the method comprising:
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identifying a list of temporary resource request identifiers associated with the target base station for use by one or more wireless communication devices requesting resources from the target base station, wherein the list includes a subset of one or more part time temporary resource request identifiers whose respective assignment to a corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations at a particular time is rotated between more than one of the plurality of corresponding groupings of one or more source base stations and wherein the list additionally includes a subset of one or more full time temporary resource request identifiers that are respectively assigned to one of a plurality of corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations; detecting a desire by a particular wireless communication device for resources from the target base station, while the particular wireless communication device is communicating with a particular source base station; and allocating a temporary resource request identifier, which is currently associated with the corresponding grouping of one or more source base stations including the particular source base station to the particular wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for allocating by a plurality of source base stations of a cellular wireless communication support infrastructure a temporary resource request identifier to a wireless communication device for accessing a target base station of the cellular wireless communication support infrastructure, the method comprising:
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detecting a desire from one or more wireless communication devices for resources from the target base station, while the one or more wireless communication devices are communicating with a particular source base station; determining the length of time that each of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected has been waiting for an allocation; based upon the length of time that each of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected has been waiting for an allocation, assigning one of one or more temporary resource identifiers from a list of temporary resource identifiers identified as being available for assignment by a particular source base station to each of a number of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected up to a number of wireless communication devices equal to the number of temporary resource identifiers in the list of temporary resource identifiers identified as being available for assignment by a particular source base station, in each of a plurality of predefined communication intervals; wherein if the number of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected exceeds the number of temporary resource identifiers in the list of temporary resource identifiers identified as being available for assignment by a particular source base station, then holding over for assignment in a subsequent predefined communication interval a number of wireless communication devices equal to the amount that the number of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected exceeds the number of temporary resource identifiers in the list of temporary resource identifiers identified as being available for assignment by a particular source base station, unless there are more wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected for which the length of time that each of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected has been waiting for an allocation exceeds a maximum allowable assignment delay, and if so respectively assigning each one of the one or more temporary resource identifiers from the list of temporary resource identifiers to a corresponding one of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected for which the length of time that each of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected has been waiting for an allocation exceeds a maximum allowable assignment delay, and sequentially assigning a temporary resource request identifier which is not assigned to the source base station until all wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected for which the length of time that each of the wireless communication devices for which a desire for resources from the target base station has been detected has been waiting for an allocation exceeds a maximum allowable assignment delay have been assigned a temporary resource identifier.
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