Channel assignment based on service type and wireless communication environment

A method for assigning at least one channel of a plurality of channels to a mobile station in response to a request for service in a wireless communication network serving a plurality of regions, said mobile station being located in one of said regions, the method comprising:

• detecting said request for service to establish a signaling connection;
• in response to said request for service, triggering an algorithm that decides whether to allow the transmission of data in at least one of a direct channel and a forward access channel, wherein said both channels are associated with said one of plurality of regions;
• said algorithm comprising:
• determining a first indication of congestion on a forward access channel and a second indication of congestion on a random access channel;
• assigning said at least one channel of a plurality of channels to said mobile station based on said determined first and second indications of congestion
• adjusting a first threshold based on said first indication of congestion on the forward access channel and a second threshold based on said second indication of congestion on the random access channel;
• determining at least one of a status of a condition of a radio frequency wireless communication environment for transmission of data over said wireless communication network and a status of a loading on a direct channel;
• setting a value of each of said first and second thresholds based on at least one of said condition of radio frequency environment and said loading on a direct channel;
• determining a service type of said request for service;
• deciding if a specific signaling connection for said mobile station located in said one of plurality of regions shall be established in a particular mobile station state based on said service type and said condition of wireless communication environment;
• receiving a radio resource control signaling connection request to trigger the algorithm;
• and
• determining for the condition of wireless communication environment a radio frequency environment status based on a measured signal quality indication being a ratio of the average power of a common pilot channel to the total signal power.

A method for assigning at least one channel of a plurality of channels to a mobile station in response to a request for service in a wireless communication network sewing a plurality of regions, said mobile station being located in one of said regions, the method comprising:

• detecting said request for service to establish a signaling connection;
• in response to said request for service, triggering an algorithm that decides whether to allow the transmission of data in at least one of a direct channel and a forward access channel, wherein said both channels associated with said one of plurality of regions;
• said algorithm comprising:
• determining a first indication of congestion on a forward access channel and a second indication of congestion on a random access channel;
• assigning said at least one channel of a plurality of channels to said mobile station based on said determined first and second indications of congestion;
• adjusting a first threshold based on said first indication of congestion on the forward access channel and a second threshold based on said second indication of congestion on the random access channel;
• determining at least one of a status of a condition of a radio frequency environment for transmission of data over said wireless communication network and a status of a loading on a direct channel;
• setting a value of each of said first and second thresholds based on at least one of said condition of radio frequency environment and said loading on a direct channel;
• determining a service type of said request for service;
• deciding if a specific signaling connection for said mobile station located in said one of plurality of regions shall be established in a particular mobile station state based on said service type and said condition of wireless communication environment;
• receiving a radio resource control signaling connection request to trigger the algorithm;
• and
• adjusting a threshold of a signal quality on the forward access channel;
• and
• tuning the algorithm performance for a signal quality on a common pilot channel being measured as a ratio of the average power of the common pilot channel to the total signal power based on the adjustment of the threshold.