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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorSean S. Kelley
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A communication system 100 acquires band class information and assigns a band class to MS 102 when the MS is engaged in a process of initiating a connection with infrastructure 104. The MS informs the infrastructure of the MS's band class capabilities when the MS initially performs an access attempt with the infrastructure in a reveres link associated with a first band class, that is, on r-csch 142 in reverse link 140. When the band class where the MS initially attempts access is congested, or the infrastructure desires to switch the MS to a second, alternate band class for any other reason, the infrastructure is able to immediately determine the band classes supported by the MS and to immediately assign the MS to a f-csch 132 or traffic channel 134 in a forward link 130 that is associated with the second, alternate band class supported by the MS.
In a wireless communication system comprising a mobile station in communication with an infrastructure that supports a plurality of band classes, a method for acquiring band class information and assigning a band class to the mobile station when the mobile station is engaged in a process of initiating a connection with the infrastructure, the method comprising steps of:
An apparatus for acquiring band class information from a mobile station and assigning a band class to the mobile station when the mobile station is engaged in a process of initiating a connection with an infrastructure that supports a plurality of band classes, the apparatus comprising a base station that requests band class information from the mobile station, receives band class information from the mobile station in response to the request, determines whether to assign the mobile station to a band class other than a band class that the mobile station is currently accessing, and, when the mobile station supports the alternate band class, instructs the mobile station to switch to the alternate band class based on a determination to assign the mobile station to the alternate band class.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.