Patent ID: 7570621
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing an erroneous frame classification associated with a communication in a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising: classifying a first frame associated with the communication on a first channel having a first data rate and classifying a second frame associated with the communication on a second channel having a second data rate, wherein classifying includes classifying a Transmit/Discontinuous Transmit (TX/DTX) condition associated with each of the first frame and the second frame and wherein the first channel and the second channel are co-channels between a base station and a mobile station; and re-classifying the first frame from a first condition of the first frame to a second condition of the first frame based on the classifying the second frame of the second channel, and wherein the first condition being a DTX condition, and the second condition being at least one of a TX condition or an erasure condition.