Patent ID: 6515971
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for background scanning in a selective call communication system having a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels being divided into a plurality of frames, the plurality of frames including a group of frames arranged into SCI frame pairs in which system configuration information (SCI) is communicated, and wherein a selective call device has been designated a compulsory decoding schedule for decoding system configuration information present in the SCI frame pairs, the method comprising the steps of:decoding system configuration information during one SCI frame of an SCI frame pair in accordance with the designated compulsory decoding schedule; scanning, during the other SCI frame of the SCI frame pair, for system configuration information on a target channel while maintaining the designated compulsory decoding schedule; and releasing or maintaining the designated compulsory decoding schedule based on the system configuration information found on the target channel.