Methods providing assignment messages and related mobile stations and base station subsystems
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJohn Walter Diachina, Ravitej Ballakur
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Abstract
A method of operating a mobile station requesting uplink access from a base station subsystem may include transmitting an access request to the base station subsystem, and delaying looking for a response matching the access request according to a delay interval. A response time window (RTW) may be initiated after the delay interval. During the response time window, the mobile station may look for an assignment message transmitted from the base station subsystem and matching the access request without looking for an assignment message matching the access request during the delay interval.
Claims25
A method of operating a mobile station requesting uplink access from a base station subsystem, the method comprising:
- transmitting an access request to the base station subsystem;
- delaying looking for a response matching the access request according to a delay interval;
- initiating a response time window (RTW) after the delay interval;
- and
- during the response time window, looking for an assignment message transmitted from the base station subsystem and matching the access request without looking for an assignment message matching the access request during the delay interval.
A method of operating a base station subsystem communicating with a mobile station, the method comprising:
- determining a response time window within which an assignment message will be transmitted responsive to an access request;
- and
- transmitting a response time window parameter including an indication of a delay interval provided between an access request and a beginning of the response time window within which an assignment message will be transmitted responsive to an access request.
A mobile station comprising:
- a transceiver configured to provide wireless communication with a base station subsystem of a radio access network;
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- a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to transmit an access request through the transceiver to the base station subsystem, to delay looking for a response matching the access request according to a delay interval, to initiate a response time window (RTW) after the delay interval, and during the response time window, to look for an assignment message transmitted from the base station subsystem and matching the access request without looking for an assignment message matching the access request during the delay interval.
A base station subsystem in a radio access network, the base station subsystem comprising:
- a transceiver configured to provide wireless communication with a mobile station;
- and
- a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to determine a response time window within which an assignment message will be transmitted responsive to an access request received from the mobile station, and to transmit a response time window parameter through the transceiver wherein the response time window parameter includes an indication of a delay interval provided between an access request received from the mobile station and a beginning of the response time window within which an assignment message will be transmitted to the mobile station responsive to the access request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.