Patent ID: 6556827
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of managing a plurality of radio links between a base station and a terminal by a data link layer of the base station according to a command generated from a base station controller (BSC) in a wireless local loop (WLL) system, wherein the state of each radio link is defined as L2_NewLid for indicating an establishment of the radio link is requested but not completed, LNK for indicating that a new connection is established to the radio link, and L3_AddReq for indicating that an establishment of the radio link is pending, the method comprising the steps of:(1) receiving at the base station a radio link establish request message from the BSC; (2) setting the LNK to 1 for a new connection of a radio link to be established; (3) transmitting from the base station a request for establishing the radio link to the terminal; (4) receiving an acknowledgment from the terminal that the request transmitted in step (3) has been received; (5) notifying the BSC that the radio link with the terminal is established upon receiving the acknowledgment by the base station; and, (6) initiating a service between the terminal and the base station on the established radio link in step (5).