Patent ID: 6131027
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A communication system for distributing usage of an acquisition channel of a single traffic concentration point receiving inbound traffic from a plurality of mobile units, comprising:a first group of the plurality of mobile units, each of said first group enabled to request service on the acquisition channel upon receipt of a first acquisition code;a second group of the plurality of mobile units, each of said second group enabled to request service on the acquisition channel upon receipt of a second acquisition code; anda satellite operating as the single concentration point and receiving inbound traffic from said first group and said second group of the plurality of mobile units, said satellite utilizing a broadcast channel to broadcast said first acquisition code for a first period of time and said satellite utilizing said broadcast channel to broadcast said second acquisition code for a second period of time such that one of said first group and said second group is enabled to request service on the acquisition channel and each one of the plurality of mobile units of said first group and second group that is enabled to request service on the acquisition channel is enabled to independently seek communication resources of said satellite, thereby limiting the plurality of mobile units enabled to request service on the acquisition channel and distributing the usage of the acquisition channel of the single concentration point.