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US 8,818,430 B1Granted
Management of message transmission in a wireless communication device
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsSrikanth Pulugurta, Maulik K. Shah, Siddharth S. Oroskar
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing transmission of messages such as SMS messages. A device will determine based on access probe count history whether to transmit a message on a reverse access channel or on a reverse traffic channel, and the device will transmit the message accordingly.
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In a wireless communication device (WCD), a method for managing transmission of a message from the WCD, the method comprising:
- the WCD determining a measure of how many access probes per access attempt the WCD has tended to transmit for previous access attempts that were not for transmission of the message;
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- the WCD deciding based on the determined measure whether to transmit the message on a reverse access channel or on a reverse traffic channel, and the WCD transmitting the message accordingly.
A wireless communication device (WCD) comprising:
- a user interface through which a user of the WCD can enter into the WCD a message for transmission by the WCD;
- a wireless communication module for transmitting the message over an air interface to a radio access network (RAN) base station;
- access probe analysis logic arranged to determine a measure of how many access probes per access attempt the WCD has tended to transmit for access attempts that were not for transmission of the message;
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- channel selection logic arranged to decide based on the determined measure whether the WCD should transmit the message on a reverse access channel of the air interface or on a reverse traffic channel of the air interface.
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A wireless communication device (WCD) comprising:
- a user interface through which a user of the WCD can enter into the WCD a message for transmission by the WCD;
- a wireless communication module for transmitting the message over an air interface to a radio access network (RAN) base station;
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- logic arranged to determine a measure of access probe count history for access attempts that were not for transmission of the message, and to decide based on the determined measure whether the WCD should transmit the message on a reverse access channel of the air interface or on a reverse traffic channel of the air interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.