Patent ID: 6614777
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method for configuring a radio interface between a mobile station and a base station of a time-division multiplex mobile radio system for packet data transmission, the method comprising:defining a transmission from the mobile station to the base station as an uplink direction; defining a transmission from the base station to the mobile station as a downlink direction; forming a channel by at least one time slot per time-division multiplex frame, and using the channel for packet data transmission of a plurality of mobile stations; providing a time slot for signaling at cyclic intervals in the channel; combining a plurality of time slots for signaling in the downlink direction to form a signaling block for the plurality of mobile stations, and using the signaling block for signaling timing advances, which are used by the mobile stations when transmitting, the number of mobile stations addressed by the signaling block being variable; and interleaving items of information of successive time slots of a signaling block.