Patent ID: 6163698
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for setting up a link for a call in a narrowband cellular communication system, comprising the steps of:in a selective call radio,determining a transmitter identity and a signal quality of a strongest monitoring channel of a set of N monitoring channels, wherein each monitoring channel in the set of N monitoring channels is a member of one of N groups of channels and has propagation characteristics that closely represent propagation characteristics of the one of N groups of channels, and wherein each of the N groups of channels comprises a group of at least three consecutive outbound channels transmitted from one antenna that are not in any other of the N groups of channels, andtransmitting a report of the transmitter identity and a signal quality of the strongest monitoring channel; andin a system controller,receiving the report,choosing an available outbound resource in a first group of the N groups of channels, wherein the first group includes the strongest monitoring channel, andestablishing the call using the chosen available outbound resource at a bit rate that is a highest bit rate that is compatible with the signal quality.