Patent ID: 6047194
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a method for communicating packet data between a sending station and a mobile receiving station in a radio communication system, the mobile receiving station coupled by way of a radio interface to network infrastructure, the sending station coupled to the network infrastructure, and the radio interface including a short message channel and a packet channel, an improvement of a method for selectively permitting transmission of the packet data to the mobile receiving station, said method comprising the steps of:detecting at the network infrastructure the packet data originated by the sending station;determining at the network infrastructure an identity of the sending station from which the packet data originates;sending, by way of the short message channel, an indication of the identity of the sending station determined during said step of determining to the mobile receiving station;detecting, at the mobile receiving station, the indication of the identity of the sending station sent by way of the short message channel during said step of sending;selecting, at the mobile receiving station, whether to accept transmission of the packet data originated by the sending station responsive to the indication of the identity of the sending station detected at the mobile receiving station; andsending, by way of the packet channel, the packet data to the mobile receiving station if the transmission is accepted at the mobile receiving station during said step of selecting.