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AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsSeemi Kazmi, Dan Picker
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Apparatus, and an associated method, performing synchronization messages to be used to synchronize operation of a mobile station with that of a base transceiver station in a cellular, or other radio communication system. The formatter of a message generator formats two or more different sync channel messages, a first of which is used by a mobile station constructed according to a pre-IS-2000 cellular communication standard, and a second of which is utilized by a mobile station constructed pursuant to the IS-2000 standard. The first-type sync channel message is an IS-2000 standard message that has been contracted to make it more compatible with older mobile stations, and has been provided with a field indicating that an additional sync message is also available. The additional sync message may be a full IS-2000 sync message, may include only selected IS-2000 fields, or may include other fields.
In a radio communication system having a sending station operable to send data upon a forward channel to a first receiving station and to at least a second receiving station, the first receiving station operable pursuant to a first communication-system standard and the second receiving station operable pursuant to a second communication-system standard, an improvement of a message generator for the sending station for generating a message formed of the data, said message generator comprising:
In a method for communicating in a radio communication system having a sending station operable to send data upon a forward channel at least to a first receiving station and to a second receiving station, the first receiving station constructed pursuant to a first communication-system standard and the second receive station operable pursuant to a second communication-system standard, an improvement of a method for generating a synchronization message for synchronizing the first receiving station and the second receiving station, said method comprising the steps of:
The method of claim 17, wherein the second communication system standard is the TIA/EIA-IS-2000 standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.