Patent ID: 7623880
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for redistributing a plurality of mobile stations among a plurality of channels in a communication system, comprising: transmitting, by a base station, a pilot channel enabling mobile stations to communicate with the base station; generating a common channel redistribution message having a channel listing comprising a plurality of channels associated with the base station; generating a redistribution alteration record comprising a capability control, wherein the capability control instructs a mobile station to alter a sequencing of a selection of a subset of channels from the plurality of channels in the common channel redistribution message for subsequent hashing by the mobile station to select a new channel from subset of channels, wherein the altering of sequencing of the selection of the subset of channels provides channel redistribution of a plurality of mobile stations among the plurality of channels; appending the redistribution alteration record to the common channel redistribution message; and transmitting the redistribution alteration record and the common channel redistribution message over a common channel in the communication system.