Radio communications system in which traffic is transmitted on the broadcast channel

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• broadcasting a broadcast burst in a broadcast channel from a base station, the broadcast channel having at least one assigned frequency and a plurality of time slots, at least one time slot being assigned for the broadcast burst;
• transmitting traffic in a traffic channel from the base station, the traffic channel having a timed frequency hopping scheme, the hopped frequencies including the at least one broadcast channel frequency so that the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot;
• broadcasting the broadcast burst in the traffic channel from the base station when the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot in the broadcast channel;
• receiving a request for retransmission of traffic after the broadcast burst is broadcasted in the traffic channel due to a collision;
• and
• retransmitting the traffic in the traffic channel in response to the retransmission request.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for broadcasting a broadcast burst in a broadcast channel from a base station, the broadcast channel having at least one assigned frequency and a plurality of time slots, at least one time slot being assigned for the broadcast burst;
• means for transmitting traffic in a traffic channel from the base station, the traffic channel having a timed frequency hopping scheme, the hopped frequencies including the at least one broadcast channel frequency so that the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot;
• means for broadcasting the broadcast burst in the traffic channel from the base station when the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot in the broadcast channel;
• means for receiving a request for retransmission of traffic after the broadcast burst is broadcasted in the traffic channel due to a collision;
• and
• means for retransmitting the traffic in the traffic channel in response to the retransmission request.

A method comprising:

• receiving a broadcast burst in a broadcast channel from a base station, the broadcast channel having at least one assigned frequency and a plurality of time slots, at least one time slot being assigned for the broadcast burst;
• receiving traffic in a traffic channel from the base station, the traffic channel having a timed frequency hopping scheme, the hopped frequencies including the at least one broadcast channel frequency so that the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot;
• receiving the broadcast burst in the traffic channel from the base station when the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot of the broadcast channel;
• requesting retransmission of traffic after the broadcast burst is received in the traffic channel due to a collision;
• and
• receiving the traffic in the traffic channel in response to the retransmission request.

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a broadcast burst in a broadcast channel from a base station, the broadcast channel having at least one assigned frequency and a plurality of time slots, at least one time slot being assigned for the broadcast burst,
• receiving traffic in a traffic channel from the base station, the traffic channel having a timed frequency hopping scheme, the hopped frequencies including the at least one broadcast channel frequency so that the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot;
• receiving the broadcast burst in the traffic channel from the base station when the traffic channel Collides with the broadcast burst time slot of the broadcast channel,
• requesting retransmission of traffic after the broadcast burst is received in the traffic channel due to a collision;
• and
• receiving the traffic in the traffic channel in response to the retransmission request.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a broadcast burst in a broadcast channel from a base station, the broadcast channel having at least one assigned frequency and a plurality of time slots, at least One time slot being assigned for the broadcast burst;
• means for receiving traffic in a tic channel from the base station, the traffic channel having a timed frequency hopping scheme, the hopped frequencies including the at least one broadcast channel frequency so that the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot;
• means for receiving the broadcast burst in the traffic channel from the base station when the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot of the broadcast channel;
• means for requesting retransmission of traffic after the broadcast burst is received in the traffic channel due to a collision;
• and
• means for receiving the traffic in the traffic channel in response to the retransmission request.

A radio communications system comprising:

• a broadcast channel for use by a base station having at least one assigned frequency and a plurality of time slots, at least one time slot being assigned for use in broadcasting a broadcast burst;
• at least one traffic channel for use by the base station having a timed frequency hopping scheme, the hopped frequencies including the at least one broadcast channel frequency so that the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot;
• and
• an uplink channel to request retransmission of traffic received in the traffic channel with errors so that when the traffic channel collides with the broadcast burst time slot, traffic retransmission is requested.