Patent ID: 6810026
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of reducing radio channel access delay in a packet radio system,which system comprises a network element (100, 102, 132, 140) and at least one subscriber terminal (150), which, network element (100, 102, 132, 140) transmits channel allocation messages (A1, A2, . . . ) to the subscriber terminals (150), which channel allocation messages (A1, A2, . . . ) are transmitted by means of paging subchannels (G0 . . . G9 . . . ), and which subscriber terminals (150) listen to one or several paging subchannels (G0 . . . G9 . . . ), characterized by organizing the channel allocation messages (A1, A2, . . . ) to be transmitted to the subscriber terminals (150) such that the cumulative total delay of all the channel allocation messages (A1, A2, . . . ) is minimized by optimizing the use of the paging subchannels (G0 . . . G9 . . . ).