METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A radio communication system has a random access channel for the transmission of data ( 214 ) from a secondary station to a primary station. Such a channel is intended for use by secondary stations having data ( 214 ) to transmit to a primary station while not actually engaged in a call. A problem w...

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Main Authors HUNT, BERNARD, MOULSLEY, TIMOTHY, J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 03.05.2006
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:A radio communication system has a random access channel for the transmission of data ( 214 ) from a secondary station to a primary station. Such a channel is intended for use by secondary stations having data ( 214 ) to transmit to a primary station while not actually engaged in a call. A problem with known systems of this type is that a secondary station requesting access also specifies which of a plurality of resources it wishes to access. If that resource is busy access is denied, even if other suitable channels are available. In the present system allocation of a channel is performed by the primary station when acknowledging ( 206,210 ) a secondary station's access attempt ( 202,208 ), thereby eliminating wasted attempts. In one embodiment the primary station also periodically broadcasts a short message indicating the availability of channels for access attempts.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20000945942