Mobile station message having a Station Class Mark field for indicating an MEID capable mobile station

• US 8,565,191 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2011
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sinnarajah, Ragulan, Patwardhan, Ravindra, Chan, Leslie Chiming, Tiedemann, Edward G. Jr., Hamdy, Walid M., Achour, Baaziz, Price, Philip Kenneth, Shah, Bharat, Nasielski, John Wallace
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US13/267,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20120026981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: 370/342, 370/331, 370/338, 455/404.1, 455/69, 455/58, 455/550, 455/410
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile station for wireless communication includes a control processor configured to generate a message for transmission on a reverse signaling channel, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely identified by a Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

Claims

1. A base station for wireless communication, the base station comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a message on a reverse signaling channel from a mobile station, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely identified by a Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the reverse signaling channel is a Reverse Common Signaling Channel.

3. The base station of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit on a forward signaling channel, an MEID Extended Channel Assignment Message including;

an Extended Channel Assignment Message fields conforming to CDMA 2000 Release 0 standard;

a fixed number of reserved bits to cover Extended Channel Assignment Message fields conforming to at least one of CDMA 2000 Release A, Release B, and Release C standards; and

a Public Long Code Mask type field identifying a Public Long Code Mask assigned to the mobile station for a traffic call.

4. The base station of claim 3, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit on a forward signaling channel, an MEID Universal Handoff Direction Message including:

a Universal Handoff Direction Message fields conforming to CDMA 2000 Release 0 standard;

a fixed number of reserved bits to cover Universal Handoff Direction Message fields conforming to at least one of CDMA 2000 Release A, Release B, and Release C standards; and

a Public Long Code Mask type field identifying a Public Long Code Mask assigned to the mobile station for a handoff operation.

5. The base station of claim 1, wherein the message is selected from a group including an Origination Message, a Page Response Message, a Registration Message, a Status Response Message, and an Extended Status Response Message.

6. The base station of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a Status Request Message to the mobile station on a forward signaling channel, the Status Request Message including a request to the mobile station for the Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

7. The base station of claim 6, wherein the forward signaling channel used for transmission of the Status Request Message is a Forward Common Signaling Channel.

8. The base station of claim 6, wherein the forward signaling channel used for transmission of the Status Request Message is a Forward Dedicated Signaling Channel.

9. A method of operating a base station, comprising:

receiving a message on a reverse signaling channel from a wireless mobile station, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely identified by a Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting a Status Request Message to the mobile station on a forward signaling channel, the Status Request Message including a request to the mobile station for the Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the forward signaling channel used for transmission of the Status Request Message is a Forward Common Signaling Channel.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the forward signaling channel used for transmission of the Status Request Message is a Forward Dedicated Signaling Channel.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting on a forward signaling channel, an MEID Extended Channel Assignment Message including;

an Extended Channel Assignment Message fields conforming to CDMA 2000 Release 0 standard;

a fixed number of reserved bits to cover Extended Channel Assignment Message fields conforming to at least one of CDMA 2000 Release A, Release B, and Release C standards; and

a Public Long Code Mask type field identifying a Public Long Code Mask assigned to the mobile station for a traffic call.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting on a forward signaling channel, an MEID Universal Handoff Direction Message including;

a Universal Handoff Direction Message fields conforming to CDMA 2000 Release 0 standard;

a fixed number of reserved bits to cover Universal Handoff Direction Message fields conforming to at least one of CDMA 2000 Release A, Release B, and Release C standards; and

a Public Long Code Mask type field identifying a Public Long Code Mask assigned to the mobile station for a handoff operation.

15. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations in a base station comprising:

receiving a message on a reverse signaling channel from a mobile station, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely identified by a Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

16. A base station for wireless communication, the base station comprising:

means for receiving a message on a reverse signaling channel from a mobile station, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely identified by a Mobile Station Equipment Identifier; and

means for transmitting a Status Request Message to the mobile station on a forward signaling channel, the Status Request Message including a request to the mobile station for the Mobile Station Equipment Identifier.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein the reverse signaling channel is a Reverse Common Signaling Channel.

18. The base station of claim 16, further comprising:

means for transmitting on a forward signaling channel, an MEID Extended Channel Assignment Message including;

an Extended Channel Assignment Message fields conforming to CDMA 2000 Release 0 standard;

a fixed number of reserved bits to cover Extended Channel Assignment Message fields conforming to at least one of CDMA 2000 Release A, Release B, and Release C standards; and

a Public Long Code Mask type field identifying a Public Long Code Mask assigned to the mobile station for a traffic call.

19. The base station of claim 18, further comprising:

means for transmitting on a forward signaling channel, an MEID Universal Handoff Direction Message including;

a Universal Handoff Direction Message fields conforming to CDMA 2000 Release 0 standard;

a fixed number of reserved bits to cover Universal Handoff Direction Message fields conforming to at least one of CDMA 2000 Release A, Release B, and Release C standards; and

a Public Long Code Mask type field identifying a Public Long Code Mask assigned to the mobile station for a handoff operation.

20. The base station of claim 16, wherein the message is selected from a group including an Origination Message, a Page Response Message, a Registration Message, a Status Response Message, and an Extended Status Response Message.

21. The base station of claim 20, wherein the forward signaling channel used for transmission of the Status Request Message is a Forward Common Signaling Channel.

22. The base station of claim 20, wherein the forward signaling channel used for transmission of the Status Request Message is a Forward Dedicated Signaling Channel.