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US 5,778,316 AGranted
Method and apparatus for selecting a control channel based on service availability
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
InventorsBengt Persson, Joseph Eric Turcotte
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Abstract
A communications system in which information is transmitted in a plurality of time slots grouped into a plurality of superframes which are, in turn, grouped into a plurality of paging frames. A remote station receives paging messages once in each paging frame.
Claims5
A method for selecting a control channel in a radio communication network comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a remote station, an offset on a control channel;
- evaluating, in said remote station, a plurality of control channels using a cell selection function to generate a cell selection value associated with each of said plurality of control channels, wherein said cell selection function subtracts said offset for control channels associated with cells that do not offer a desired service;
- and
- selecting a control channel based on said cell selection value.
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A method for selecting one control channel from a plurality of control channels by a mobile station comprising the steps of:
- broadcasting a predetermined offset;
- evaluating each of said plurality of control channels based upon a signal strength at which each control channel is received and an availability of a service using each control channel wherein a selection value associated with each control channel is lowered by a predetermined offset if a cell associated with said control channel does not offer said service;
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- selecting said one control channel based on results of said evaluating step.
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A remote station comprising:
- means for evaluating a plurality of control channels using a cell selection function to generate a cell selection value associated with each of said plurality of control channels, wherein said cell selection function includes a parameter associated with a desired service and further including means for subtracting an offset received on a broadcast control channel in said cell selection function for control channels associated with cells that do not offer said desired service;
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- means for selecting a control channel based on said cell selection value.
A remote station comprising:
- means for evaluating each of a plurality of control channels based upon a signal strength at which each control channel is received and an availability of a service using each control channel wherein a selection value associated with each control channel is lowered by a predetermined offset received on a broadcast control channel if a cell associated with said control channel does not offer said service;
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- means for selecting said one control channel based on results generated by said means for evaluating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.