Patent ID: 9750047
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method operable by a base station, wherein the base station is configured to engage in an access process in response to the base station wirelessly receiving a random access request from a user equipment device (UE) without an identification of the UE, wherein the access process includes the base station transmitting, for receipt by the UE that sent the access request, an access response that provides the UE with an initial grant of air interface resources for carrying a radio resource control (RRC) connection request from the UE to the base station, the method comprising: making a determination by the base station, based at least in part on the received random access request, of whether the random access request is of a particular type, wherein the particular type indicates the UE will seek to initiate a packet-based real-time media session; determining by the base station, based at least in part on the determination, an extent of air interface resources to specify as the initial grant, wherein, if the determination is that the random access request is of the particular type, then, based on the determination, the determined extent is a first extent sufficient to carry both the RRC connection request and a session initiation request for the packet-based real-time media session, but if the determination is that the access request is not of the particular type, then the determined extent is a second, lesser extent sufficient to carry the RRC connection request but not sufficient to additionally carry the session initiation request; and structuring by the base station the initial grant in accordance with the determination.