Initial connection establishment in a wireless communication system

A user equipment used in initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between the user equipment and network equipment, the user equipment comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory;
• and
• program code executable on the processor, the program code operable for:
• deriving an address to be used as a temporary identifier for the user equipment;
• deriving a channel set of at least one downlink channel for the user equipment to receive communications from the network equipment;
• transmitting an initial message to the network equipment, the initial message comprising the temporary identifier;
• receiving a downlink message on a channel identified by the channel set, wherein the downlink message conveys the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment;
• and
• communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.

A network equipment used in initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and the network equipment, the network equipment comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory;
• and
• program code executable on the processor, the program code operable for:
• receiving an initial message sent by the user equipment wherein the initial message comprises an address derived by a user equipment to be used as a temporary identifier;
• allocating a scheduled resource to the user equipment, the scheduled resource comprising a resource on a shared channel;
• transmitting a downlink message on a channel belonging to a channel set derived by the user equipment, the downlink message conveying the temporary identifier and a description of the scheduled resource;
• and
• communicating data on the scheduled resource.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions, the executable instructions comprising program code for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment, the executable instructions comprising instructions for, at a user equipment:

• deriving an address to be used as a temporary identifier for the user equipment;
• deriving a channel set of at least one downlink channel for the user equipment to receive communications from the network equipment;
• transmitting an initial message to the network equipment, the initial message comprising the temporary identifier;
• receiving a downlink message on a channel identified by the of the channel set, wherein the downlink message conveys the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment;
• and
• communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.

A method of initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment, the method comprising, at the network equipment:

• receiving an initial message sent by the user equipment wherein the initial message comprises an address derived by a user equipment to be used as a temporary identifier;
• allocating a scheduled resource to the user equipment, the scheduled resource comprising a resource on a shared channel;
• transmitting a downlink message on a channel belonging to a channel set derived by the user equipment, the downlink message conveying the temporary identifier and a description of the scheduled resource;
• and
• communicating data on the scheduled resource.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions, the executable instructions comprising program code for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment, the executable instructions comprising instructions for, at the network equipment:

• receiving an initial message sent by the user equipment wherein the initial message comprises an address derived by a user equipment to be used as a temporary identifier;
• allocating a scheduled resource to the user equipment, the scheduled resource comprising a resource on a shared channel;
• transmitting a downlink message on a channel belonging to a channel set derived by the user equipment, the downlink message conveying the temporary identifier and a description of the scheduled resource;
• and
• communicating data on the scheduled resource.