Techniques for setting up traffic channels in a communications system

An apparatus for traffic channel set-up in a time division multiplexed (TDM) communications system having TDM slots approximately equivalent to a time interval of a pseudo-noise (PN) code epoch, the apparatus, comprising:

• a processor to divide a control channel into a first control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration and a control second subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration in the same control channel, the first and second control subchannels occurring serially in time;
• and
• a transmitter coupled to the processor to transmit independently slot allocation data in the first and second control subchannels to allocate respective TDM slots.

An apparatus for traffic channel set-up in a time division multiplexed (TDM) communications system having TDM slots approximately equivalent to a time interval of a pseudo-noise (PN) code epoch, the apparatus comprising:

• means for dividing a control channel into a first control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration and a second control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration, the first and second control subchannels occurring serially in time;
• and
• means for independently transmitting slot allocation data in the first and second control subchannels to allocate respective TDM slots.

A method for traffic channel set-up in a time division multiplexed (TDM) communications system having TDM slots approximately equivalent to a time interval of a pseudo-noise (PN) code epoch, the method comprising:

• dividing a control channel into a first control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration and a second control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration, the first and second control subchannels occurring serially in time;
• and
• independently receiving slot allocation data in the first and second control subchannels to allocate respective TDM slots.

An apparatus for traffic channel set-up in a time division multiplexed (TDM) communications system having TDM slots approximately equivalent to a time interval of a pseudo-noise (PN) code epoch, the apparatus, comprising:

• a processor to divide a control channel into a first control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration and a second control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration, the first and second subchannels occurring serially in time;
• and
• a receiver to receive independently slot allocation data in the first and second subchannels to allocate respective TDM slots.

An apparatus for traffic channel set-up in a time division multiplexed (TDM) communications system having TDM slots approximately equivalent to a time interval of a pseudo-noise (PN) code epoch, the apparatus comprising:

• means for dividing a control channel into a first control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration and a second control subchannel of less than or equal to about a half epoch in duration, the first and second control subchannels occurring serially in time;
• and
• means for independently receiving slot allocation data in the first and second control subchannels to allocate respective TDM slots.