Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a quickchannelinfo block in active state in wireless communication system

A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer readable instructions stored thereon, comprising:

• a first set of instructions for determining a superframe index of a plurality of superframes;
• a second set of instructions for transmitting, to an access terminal, a QuickChannelInfo block in every superframe with an odd superframe index;
• a third set of instructions for changing contents of the QuickChannelInfo block in accordance with a QuickChannelInfo Validity field of the QuickChannelInfo block;
• a fourth set of instructions for determining if a multi-carrier mode in public data of a protocol is MultiCarrierOn;
• and
• a fifth set of instructions for transmitting the QuickChannelInfo block on each carrier of the protocol.

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for determining a superframe index of a plurality of superframes;
• means for transmitting, to an access terminal, a QuickChannelInfo block in every superframe with an odd superframe index;
• means for changing contents of the QuickChannelInfo block in accordance with a QuickChannelInfo Validity field of the QuickChannelInfo block;
• means for determining if a multi-carrier mode in public data of a protocol is MultiCarrierOn;
• and
• means for transmitting the QuickChannelInfo block on each carrier of the protocol.

A method of processing a QuickChannelInfo block in an Active state in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• receiving a QuickChannelInfo block from an access network;
• determining if the QuickChannelInfo block is received in superframe n;
• determining if the QuickChannelInfo block differs from a stored block in any field except a QuickChannelInfo Validity field;
• generating a QuickChannelInfoUpdated indication;
• storing the QuickChannelInfo block, indexed by a pilot pseudo noise (PilotPN) and a carrier identity (CarrierID) in a public data;
• determining if the QuickChannelInfo Validity field is set to m;
• and
• setting a QuickChannelInfoExpiryTime to an end of a first frame of a superframe with an index number defined as a function of m and n.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon, comprising:

• a first set of instructions for receiving a QuickChannelInfo block from an access network;
• a second set of instructions for determining if the QuickChannelInfo block is received in superframe n;
• a third set of instructions for determining if the QuickChannelInfo block differs from a stored block in any field except a QuickChannelInfo Validity field;
• a fourth set of instructions for generating a QuickChannelInfoUpdated indication;
• a fifth set of instructions for storing the QuickChannelInfo block, indexed by a pilot pseudo noise (PilotPN) and a carrier identity (CarrierID) in a public data;
• a sixth set of instructions for determining if the QuickChannelInfo Validity field is set to m;
• an seventh set of instructions for setting a QuickChannelInfoExpiryTime to an end of a first frame of a superframe with an index number defined as a function of m and n.

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for receiving a QuickChannelInfo block from an access network;
• means for determining if the QuickChannelInfo block is received in superframe n;
• means for determining if the QuickChannelInfo block differs from a stored block in any field except a QuickChannelInfo Validity field;
• means for generating a QuickChannelInfoUpdated indication;
• means for storing the QuickChannelInfo block, indexed by pilot pseudo noise (PilotPN) and a carrier identity (CarrierID) in a public data;
• means for determining if a QuickChannelInfo Validity field is set to m;
• and
• means for setting a QuickChannelInfoExpiryTime to an end of a first frame of a superframe with an index number defined as a function of m and n.

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver component configured to receive a QuickChannelInfo block from an access network;
• a first processor configured to determine whether the QuickChannelInfo block is received in superframe n;
• a second processor configured to determine whether the QuickChannelInfo block differs from a stored block in any field except a QuickChannelInfo Validity field;
• a third processor configured to generate a QuickChannelInfoUpdated indication;
• a storage component configured to store the QuickChannelInfo block, indexed by pilot pseudo noise (PilotPN) and a carrier identity (CarrierID) in a public data;
• a fourth processor configured to determine whether a QuickChannelInfo Validity field is set to m;
• and
• an a fifth processor configured to set a QuickChannelInfoExpiryTime to an end of a first frame of a superframe with an index number defined as a function of m and n.