System and method for reliable acknowledgment between a mobile station and a base station in a wireless network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsNeerav N. Dalal, Sanjay D. Kulkarni
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Abstract
For use in a wireless communication network, an apparatus for sending and receiving an acknowledgment message. The apparatus comprises: 1) a channel controller capable of assigning a common control channel to a mobile station wherein the channel controller is capable of dedicating the common control channel to the mobile station for a predetermined period of time; and 2) a transceiver coupled to the channel controller capable of transmitting and receiving the acknowledgment message on the common control channel.
Claims20
For use in a base station, an apparatus for sending and receiving an acknowledgment message, comprising:
- a channel controller adapted to assign a common control channel to a mobile station, said common control channel having a forward control channel and a reverse control channel, wherein said channel controller is adapted to dedicate said forward control channel and said reverse control channel to said mobile station for a predetermined period of time;
- and
- a transceiver coupled to said channel controller adapted for transmitting and receiving said acknowledgment message on said common control channel.
A wireless communication network comprising:
- a plurality of base stations adapted to communicate with a plurality of mobile stations dispose in a coverage are of said plurality of base stations;
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- an apparatus associated with at least one of said plurality of base stations comprises for sending and receiving an acknowledgment message comprising:
- a channel controller adapted to assign common control channel to a mobile station, said common control channel having a forward control channel and a reverse control channel, wherein said channel controller is adapted to dedicate said forward control channel and said reverse control channel to said mobile station for a predetermined period of time;
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- a transceiver coupled to said channel controller adapted for transmitting and receiving said acknowledgment message on said common control channel.
For use in a base station, a method for sending and receiving an acknowledgment message comprising the steps of:
- assigning a common control channel having a forward control channel and a reverse control channel to a mobile station, wherein said forward control channel and said reverse control channel are dedicated to said mobile station for a predetermined period of time;
- transmitting a paging message to said mobile station, said paging message operable to cause said mobile station to transmit and receive on said common control channel during said predetermined period of time;
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- receiving said acknowledgment message from said mobile station on said common control channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.