Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving selected interlace acknowledgement messages in wireless communication systems

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to implement:

• means for generating a SelectedInterlaceAck message, associated with transmission of SSCH (Shared Signaling Channel) blocks from an access network to an access terminal, comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein the PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of a sector to which the message is directed and an 1 bit SelectedInterlaceEnabled field wherein the SelectedInterlaceEnabled field is set to “1” to indicate selected interlace mode enabled and to “0” otherwise;
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• transmitting the SelectedInterlaceAck message over a communication link.

A computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying instructions, the instructions if executed by a processor performing a method comprising:

• generating a SelectedInterlaceAck message, associated with transmission of SSCH (Shared Signaling Channel) blocks from an access network to an access terminal, comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein a PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of the sector to which the message is directed and an 1 bit SelectedInterlaceEnabled field wherein the SelectedInterlaceEnabled field is set to “1” to indicate selected interlace mode enabled and to “0” otherwise;
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• transmitting the SelectedInterlaceAck message over a communication link.

A method of receiving information in a wireless communication system, comprising using a processor coupled to a memory to perform the following operations:

• receiving a SelectedInterlaceAck message, associated with transmission of SSCH (Shared Signaling Channel) blocks from an access network to an access terminal, comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein the PilotPN field is interpreted as a PilotPN of a sector to which the message is directed and an 1 bit SelectedInterlaceEnabled field wherein the SelectedInterlaceEnabled field is interpreted as “1” to indicate selected interlace mode enabled and to “0” otherwise;
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• processing the SelectedInterlaceAck message.

A computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying instructions, the instructions if executed by a processor performing a method comprising:

• receiving a SelectedInterlaceAck message, associated with transmission of SSCH (Shared Signaling Channel) blocks from an access network to an access terminal, comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein the PilotPN field is interpreted as a PilotPN of a sector to which the message is directed and an 1 bit SelectedInterlaceEnabled field wherein the SelectedInterlaceEnabled field is interpreted as “1” to indicate selected interlace mode enabled and to “0” otherwise;
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• processing the SelectedInterlaceAck message.

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to implement:

• means for receiving a SelectedInterlaceAck message, associated with transmission of SSCH (Shared Signaling Channel) blocks from an access network to an access terminal, comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein the PilotPN field is interpreted as a PilotPN of a sector to which the message is directed and an 1 bit SelectedInterlaceEnabled field wherein the SelectedInterlaceEnabled field is interpreted as “1” to indicate selected interlace mode enabled and to “0” otherwise;
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• means for processing the SelectedInterlaceAck message.