Method and mobile station for enabling a preferred slot cycle

In a wireless communication system, the communication system providing communication service to a mobile station, wherein the mobile station monitors for transmission from a base station via a communication resource based on an operating slot cycle index corresponding to an operating slot cycle, and wherein the mobile station is operable to enable a preferred slot cycle, the mobile station comprising:

• a user input device;
• a receiving unit adapted to receive control information associated with slot cycles operable by the base station;
• a controller operatively coupled to the user input device and the receiving unit, the controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and the controller being programmed to adjust the operating slot cycle index to a preferred slot cycle index in response to a trigger event, wherein the preferred slot cycle index corresponds to a preferred slot cycle;
• and
• a transmitting unit coupled to the controller, the transmitting unit being operable to transmit the preferred slot cycle index to the base station so that the mobile station is in communication with the base station via the communication resource during a slot, the slot reoccurring based on the preferred slot cycle,
• wherein the preferred slot cycle is one of the slot cycles operable by the base station.

In a wireless communication system, the communication system for providing communication service for a mobile station, wherein the mobile station monitors for transmission from a base station via a communication resource based on an operating slot cycle index corresponding to an operating slot cycle, and wherein a processor operates in accordance with a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for enabling a preferred slot cycle, the computer program comprising:

• a first routine that directs the processor to receive control information associated with slot cycles operable by the base station;
• a second routine that directs the processor to adjust the operating slot cycle index to a preferred slot cycle index in response to a trigger event, a preferred slot cycle index, the preferred slot cycle index corresponding to a preferred slot cycle;
• and
• a third routine that directs the processor to transmit the preferred slot cycle index to the base station so that the mobile station is in communication with the base station during a slot, the slot reoccurring based on the preferred slot cycle,
• wherein the preferred slot cycle is one of the slot cycles operable by the base station.