Patent ID: 6507568
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A method for use in a wireless mobile station of a wireless communication system during an access state of the wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:transmitting a message to at least one wireless base station of the wireless communication system, the message representative of a call setup state of operation; demodulating different received signals from a plurality of wireless base stations of the wireless communication system representing a first reply channel, associated with a first wireless base station, and a second reply channel, associated with a second wireless base station, to provide a respective first demodulated signal and a second demodulated signal; decoding the first demodulated signal to provide a first message; decoding the second demodulated signal to provide a second message, wherein the decoding of the first demodulated signal is independent of the decoding of the second demodulated signal; and selecting one of the plurality of decoded messages for use in recovering channel assignment information.