Method and apparatus of transmission of an access probe in a wireless communication systems

A computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon, characterized in that:

• a first set of instructions for determining a ProbeSequenceNumber;
• a second set of instructions for determining an AccessSequenceID and adding it to public data;
• a third set of instructions for, when ProbeNumber is greater than MaxProbesPerSequence, setting the ProbeNumber to ‘1’, incrementing the ProbeSequence Number by 1, determining an AccessCarrier by monitoring LoadControl bits on different carriers, using overhead parameters corresponding to selected Access Carrier, and adding the AccessCarrier to the public data;
• a fourth set of instructions for determining a DelayToNextProbe value;
• a fifth set of instructions for starting a timer for the DelayToNextProbe frames;
• a sixth set of instructions for determining an InitialProbePower value;
• a seventh set of instructions for transmitting a probe using AccessSequinceID, PilotPN, AccessCarrier and Power;
• and
• an eighth set of instructions for incrementing the ProbeNumber.

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

• means for determining a ProbeSequenceNumber;
• means for determining an AccessSequenceID and adding it to a public data;
• means for determining ProbeNumber greater than MaxProbesPerSequence;
• means for setting the ProbeNumber to ‘1’;
• means for incrementing the ProbeSequence Number by 1;
• means for determining an AccessCarrier by monitoring LoadControl bits on different carriers;
• means for using overhead parameters corresponding to selected Access Carrier for the remainder of the procedures;
• and
• means for adding the AccessCarrier to the public data;
• means for determining a DelayToNextProbe value;
• means for starting a timer for the DelayToNextProbe frames;
• means for determining an InitialProbePower value;
• means for transmitting a probe using AccessSequinceID, PilotPN, AccessCarrier and Power;
• and
• means for incrementing the ProbeNumber.