Patent ID: 6075794
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for coordinating an inbound channel in a selective call communication system, comprising the steps of:first encoding an expected time for an inbound response and a number of bits in the inbound response with an outbound message requesting information from a selective call device;first transmitting the outbound message to the selective call device;allocating an inbound channel;determining the number of bits to be encoded in at least one time slot of the inbound channel;second transmitting an inbound channel assignment and the number of bits to be transmitted in the at least one time slot by the selective call device;second encoding the information being requested on the inbound channel with the number of bits in each of the at least one time slot; andthird transmitting the inbound response on the inbound channel with the number of bits specified for each of the at least one time slot.