Method and apparatus for rapid assignment of a traffic channel in digital cellular communication systems
First Claim
1. A mobile station operable to communicate wirelessly with a base station, the mobile station comprising:
- a processor configured to select an access channel; and
a mobile termination block configured to (a) transmit a pilot preamble and a traffic channel request to a base station on the selected access channel, the traffic channel request comprising a mobile station identifier, and (b) transmit data on a traffic channel identified by the mobile station identifier to the base station without waiting to receive a traffic channel assignment from the base station.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for rapidly assigning traffic channels to a plurality of mobile stations in a wide area high-speed packet data cellular communication system. Mobile stations transmit access probes on randomly selected access channels to selected base stations to initiate traffic channel assignments. The access probe comprises a pilot preamble, a traffic channel request, and a pilot/data request channel (DRC). The pilot preamble allows the selected base station to easily detect the access probe transmission. The traffic channel request includes data that identifies the mobile station. Immediately after transmitting the traffic channel request, the mobile station begins communicating with the base station on both the forward and reverse communication links. The selected base station immediately supervises the mobile station'"'"'s transmission power. The mobile station selects from a group of available power control sub-channels. The mobile station selects an available channel and an associated power control sub-channel from the list.
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25 Claims
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1. A mobile station operable to communicate wirelessly with a base station, the mobile station comprising:
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a processor configured to select an access channel; and a mobile termination block configured to (a) transmit a pilot preamble and a traffic channel request to a base station on the selected access channel, the traffic channel request comprising a mobile station identifier, and (b) transmit data on a traffic channel identified by the mobile station identifier to the base station without waiting to receive a traffic channel assignment from the base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising
a mobile termination block configured to receive page messages via a control channel sent by at least one base station; - and
a processor configured to (a) determine whether one of the page messages is addressed to the apparatus, (b) select a reverse link access channel to transmit a traffic channel request whenever the processor determines a page message is addressed to the apparatus, wherein the mobile termination block is configured to transmit the traffic channel request to a base station using the selected reverse link access channel and transmit data on a traffic channel identified by a mobile station identifier before receiving a channel assignment from the base station. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A mobile station operable to communicate wirelessly with a base station, the mobile station comprising:
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means for selecting an access channel; and means for (a) transmitting a pilot preamble and a traffic channel request to a base station on the selected access channel, the traffic channel request comprising a mobile station identifier, and (b) transmitting data on a traffic channel identified by the mobile station identifier to the base station without waiting to receive a traffic channel assignment from the base station.
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