Patent ID: 6751456
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
An article of manufacture comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, result in a mobile station establishing a communication connection between the mobile station and a base station in a wireless communication system, by:receiving a first message from the base station in a non-dedicated time slot; transmitting a second message from the mobile station to the base station; waiting a first time to receive a third message from the base station; if the first time expires, waiting a second time, and, after the first time expires, polling an over-the-air interface for a first message from the base station in a non-dedicated rime slot; and if the third message is received from the base station before the time expires, transmitting a fourth message from the mobile station to the base station, the fourth message transmitted in one or more dedicated time slots between the base station and the mobile station.