Random access communications channel for data services

In a digital communication system for communicating digital information between a communicating transceiver and a base station having a searcher, said digital communication system having a forward link and a reverse link, a method for communicating a data packet, comprising the steps of:

• requesting reservation of said searcher by said communicating transceiver;
• encoding a data packet with a specific long code corresponding to said communicating transceiver to obtain an encoded data packet;
• providing to said searcher said specific long code corresponding to the communicating transceiver;
• first sending said encoded data packet on a random access channel over said reverse link by said communicating transceiver from among a plurality of digital transceivers each having a different long code, said plurality of digital transceivers sharing said random access channel;
• first receiving said encoded data packet on said random access channel from said reverse link by a base station, said searcher recognizing said encoded data packet as being sent by said communicating transceiver based on said corresponding specific long code being provided to said searcher;
• second sending said digital information over said forward link by said base station;
• and
• second receiving said digital information from said forward link by said communicating transceiver.

In a digital communication system for communicating information, said digital communication system including a digital transceiver and a base station, said digital transceiver having a bandwidth demand, a system for data communications, comprising:

• a random access channel for communicating a data packet between said digital transceiver and said base station;
• a dedicated channel for communicating said data packet between said digital transceiver and said base station;
• and
• a processor for switching from said random access channel to said dedicated channel when said bandwidth demand exceeds a first threshold, and for switching from said dedicated channel to said random access channel when said bandwidth demand drops below a second threshold.

In a digital communication system for communicating information, said digital communication system including a digital transceiver and a base station, said digital transceiver having a bandwidth demand, a method for data communications, comprising:

• first transmitting a data packet from said digital transceiver to said base station over a random access channel;
• second transmitting said data packet from said digital transceiver to said base station over a dedicated channel;
• first switching from said random access channel to said dedicated channel when said bandwidth demand exceeds a first threshold;
• and
• second switching from said dedicated channel to said random access channel when said bandwidth demand drops below a second threshold.

In a digital communication system for communicating information, said digital communication system having a forward link and a reverse link and having a broadcast channel and an access channel, a method for communicating a data packet, comprising:

• transmitting said data packet on a Packet/Paging Channel over said forward link by a base station;
• and
• receiving said data packet from said Packet/Paging Channel over said forward link by a mobile digital transceiver;
• determining a location of said mobile digital transceiver while transmitting said data packet.

A method for communicating a data packet in a digital communication system in which at least one remote transceiver communicates with a base station having a decoder, said method comprising the steps of:

• encoding, in at least one remote transceiver, said data packet with a unique identifying code, each of said remote transceivers having a different unique identifying code;
• requesting reservation, by said at least one remote transceiver, of said decoder;
• transmitting, from said at least one remote transceiver, said encoded data packet on a random access channel;
• receiving, at a base station, said encoded data packet on said random access channel;
• and
• decoding, at said base station, said received encoded data packet in response to said unique identifying code.