Assignment messages acknowledging access attempt without assigning resources
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJohn Walter Diachina, Nicklas Johansson
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Abstract
A mobile station (MS), a base station subsystem (BSS), and various methods are described herein that enable the MS to receive acknowledgement of an access attempt for performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure using the Access Burst method without also being assigned resources.
Claims16
A mobile station configured to interact with a base station subsystem (BSS), the mobile station enabled for extended coverage (EC) operation and capable of performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure, the mobile station comprising:
- a processor;
- and,
- a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the mobile station is operable to:
- receive an MTA request message for the mobile station to perform a radio access part of the MTA procedure;
- transmit, to the BSS, a multilateration request message that indicates an Access Burst method for performing the MTA procedure;
- and
- receive, from the BSS, an assignment message acknowledging that the BSS received the multilateration request message and indicating that no Temporary Block Flow (TBF) resources are assigned to the mobile station;
- and
- determine if the assignment message matches the multilateration request message transmitted to the BSS.
A method in a mobile station configured to interact with a base station subsystem (BSS), the mobile station enabled for extended coverage (EC) operation and capable of performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure, the method comprising:
- receiving an MTA request message for the mobile station to perform a radio access part of the MTA procedure;
- transmitting, to the BSS, a multilateration request message that indicates an Access Burst method for performing the MTA procedure;
- and
- receiving, from the BSS, an assignment message acknowledging that the BSS received the multilateration request message and indicating that no Temporary Block Flow (TBF) resources are assigned to the mobile statio;
- and
- determining if the assignment message matches the multilateration request message transmitted to the BSS.
A Base Station Subsystem (BSS) configured to interact with a mobile station, the mobile station enabled for extended coverage (EC) operation and capable of performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure, the BSS comprising:
- a processor;
- and,
- a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the BSS is operable to:
- receive, from the mobile station, a multilateration request message that indicates an Access Burst method for performing the MTA procedure, the multilateration request message including a Short ID field value;
- and
- transmit, to the mobile station, an assignment message acknowledging that the BSS received the multilateration request message, the assignment message indicating that no Temporary Block Flow (TBF) resources are assigned to the mobile station and including the Short ID field value of the multilateration request message.
A method in a Base Station Subsystem (BSS) configured to interact with a mobile station, the mobile station enabled for extended coverage (EC) operation and capable of performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the mobile station, a multilateration request message that indicates an Access Burst method for performing the MTA procedure, the multilateration request message including a Short ID field value;
- and
- transmitting, to the mobile station, an assignment message acknowledging that the BSS received the multilateration request message, the assignment message indicating that no Temporary Block Flow (TBF) resources are assigned to the mobile station and including the Short ID field value of the multilateration request message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.