Scheduled and autonomous transmission and acknowledgement

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for receiving data for transmission by a mobile station;
• means for storing the data in a data buffer;
• means for generating an access request message;
• means for transmitting the access request message;
• means for monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels;
• means for decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of
• an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels, or
• a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels;
• and
• means for transmitting a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable to:

• receive data for transmission by a mobile station;
• store the data in a data buffer;
• generate an access request message;
• transmit the access request message;
• receive one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels from a base station;
• decode an access grant comprising an individual grant directed to the mobile station and sent on one of the one or more individual grant channels or a common grant sent on one of the one or more common grant channels;
• and
• transmit a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant.

An apparatus comprising:

• a data buffer for receiving data for transmission by a mobile station and for storing the data;
• a message generator for generating an access request message;
• a transmitter for transmitting the access request message;
• a receiver for monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels;
• and
• a message decoder for decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of
• an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels or
• a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels, and
• wherein the transmitter transmits a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant.

A mobile station comprising:

• an antenna;
• a data buffer for receiving data for transmission by a mobile station and for storing the data;
• a message generator for generating an access request message;
• a transmitter for transmitting the access request message;
• a receiver for monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels via the antenna;
• and
• a message decoder for decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of
• an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels, or
• a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels,
• wherein the transmitter transmits a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant.