Patent ID: 8385261
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for setting a connection identifier (CID) mask length of a pointer information element (IE) in a wireless communication network, comprising: determining, for each of a plurality of possible CID mask lengths, a number of colliding mobile stations (MSs), wherein a colliding MS for a particular one of the plurality of possible CID mask lengths has a non-allocated basic CID having a collision with one or more allocated basic CIDs of the pointer IE, the collision occurring when the non-allocated CID modulo the particular CID mask length equals one of the one or more allocated basic CIDs modulo the particular CID mask length; selecting, from among the plurality of possible CID mask lengths, the CID mask length with the least number of colliding MSs; and transmitting the selected CID mask length in the pointer IE.