US 9,794,780 B2 · Mobile station, access node and various methods for implementing an accelerated system access procedure

Abstract

A mobile station (e.g., an MTC device), an access node (e.g., BSS) and various methods are described herein for implementing an accelerated system access procedure (ASAP) which improves the radio resource utilization efficiency by having: (1) the mobile station transmit a packet channel request to the access node, where the packet channel request includes a unique identifier associated with the mobile station, and (2) the access node after receiving the packet channel request transmits an Immediate Assignment (IA) message to the mobile station, where the IA message includes the unique identifier associated with the mobile station.

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Dependent claims

A mobile station configured to implement an accelerated system access procedure (ASAP) with an access node, the mobile station comprising:

at least one processor;
and,
at least one memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor interfaces with the at least one memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the mobile station is operable to:
transmit, to the access node, a packet channel request message that includes a unique identifier associated with the mobile station, wherein the transmit operation further comprises applying a zero timing advance (TA) when transmitting the packet channel request message after receiving a system information message that has a small cell flag set from the access node;
and,
receive, from the access node, an immediate assignment message that includes the unique identifier associated with the mobile station.

3 more elements

An access node configured to implement an accelerated system access procedure (ASAP) with a mobile station, the access node comprising:

at least one processor;
and,
at least one memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor interfaces with the at least one memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the access node is operable to:
receive, from the mobile station, a packet channel request message that includes a unique identifier associated with the mobile station, wherein the receive operation is subsequent to a transmission to the mobile station by the access node of a system information message which has a small cell flag set which indicates that the mobile station is to apply a zero timing advance (TA) when transmitting the packet channel request message;
and,
transmit, to the mobile station, an immediate assignment message that includes the unique identifier associated with the mobile station.

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A method in an access node for implementing an accelerated system access procedure (ASAP) with a mobile station, the method comprising:

receiving, from the mobile station, a packet channel request message that includes a unique identifier associated with the mobile station, wherein the receiving step is subsequent to a transmission to the mobile station by the access node of a system information message that has a small cell flag set which indicates that the mobile station is to apply a zero timing advance (TA) when transmitting the packet channel request message;
and,
transmitting, to the mobile station, an immediate assignment message that includes the unique identifier associated with the mobile station.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile station, access node and various methods for implementing an accelerated system access procedure

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Mobile station, access node and various methods for implementing an accelerated system access procedure

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