Method and apparatus for selective acknowledgement of packets from an access probe

An apparatus for wireless communications comprising:

• means for receiving a set of frames associated with an access probe message from a wireless node, wherein the access probe message comprises access data and signaling data in a plurality of frames, and the set of frames comprises a subset of the plurality of frames;
• means for generating a selective acknowledgement message based on a determination of whether each frame in the set of frames is received correctly, wherein the acknowledgement comprises an indication of receipt for at least one frame in the set of frames;
• and,
• means for transmitting before acknowledging successful receipt of the access probe message, the selective acknowledgement message along with an identifier assigned to the wireless node to allow tracking of a response, by the wireless node, to the selective acknowledgement message.

An apparatus for wireless communications comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive a set of frames associated with an access probe message from a wireless node, wherein the access probe message comprises access data and signaling data in a plurality of frames, and the set of frames comprises a subset of the plurality of frames;
• and
• a processing system configured to generate a selective acknowledgement message based on a determination of whether each frame in the set of frames is received correctly, wherein the acknowledgement comprises an indication of receipt for at least one frame in the set of frames,
• wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit before acknowledging successful receipt of the access probe message, the selective acknowledgement message along with an identifier assigned to the wireless node to allow tracking of a response, by the wireless node, to the selective acknowledgement message.

A computer readable medium storing computer executable code, comprising:

• code for receiving a set of frames associated with an access probe message from a wireless node, wherein the access probe message comprises access data and signaling data in a plurality of frames, and the set of frames comprises a subset of the plurality of frames;
• code for generating a selective acknowledgement message based on a determination of whether each frame in the set of frames is received correctly, wherein the acknowledgement comprises an indication of receipt for at least one frame in the set of frames;
• and
• code for transmitting before acknowledging successful receipt of the access probe message, the selective acknowledgement message along with an identifier assigned to the wireless node to allow tracking of a response, by the wireless node, to the selective acknowledgement message.