Patent ID: 8553633
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of requesting a bandwidth by a mobile station in a broadband wireless access system, the method comprising: receiving allocation information of bandwidth request channels corresponding to an uplink resource for transmitting a bandwidth request (BR) preamble sequence and a quick access message from a base station through a predetermined broadcast channel; transmitting the BR preamble sequence and the quick access message to a base station through a randomly selected one of the bandwidth request channels; receiving uplink (UL) grant information from the base station in response to the BR preamble sequence and the quick access message; and transmitting data to the base station through an uplink resource indicated by the uplink grant information, wherein the quick access message comprises a mobile station identifier for identifying or addressing the mobile station, and wherein the predetermined broadcast channel comprises a secondary super-frame header (S-SFH).