Patent ID: 8254974
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating transmission of uplink data in a radio communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at an assigned base radio out of a plurality of interconnected base radios, status information from each of the other base radios out of the plurality of interconnected base radios, the status information including at least an operational activity state of at least one inbound radio frequency at each of the corresponding ones of the other base radios; combining, at the assigned base radio, the status information received from each of the other base radios, transmitting, at the assigned base radio, the combined status information on a single outbound radio frequency for receipt by a plurality of radio terminals; monitoring, at each of the plurality of radio terminals, the single outbound radio frequency and receiving, at each of the plurality of radio terminals, the combined status information over the single outbound radio frequency; determining, at a first one of the plurality of radio terminals, an available inbound radio frequency associated with a particular one of the plurality of interconnected base radios based on the received combined status information; selecting, at the first radio terminal, the available inbound radio frequency; and transmitting, at the first radio terminals, the uplink data to the particular one of the plurality of interconnected base radios using the available inbound radio frequency.