Patent ID: 9088512
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: a mobile station receiving a forward link signal from a radio access network (RAN) and transmitting a reverse link signal to said RAN; said mobile station detecting a reception failure of said forward link signal; and in response to detecting said reception failure, said mobile station selecting a wait time that specifies how long said reception failure can continue before said mobile station will discontinue transmission of said reverse link signal and transmitting a reception failure message to said RAN, wherein said reception failure message indicates said wait time, wherein said mobile station selecting said wait time comprises said mobile station selecting said wait time based on call abandonment statistics, wherein said call abandonment statistics identify, for each of a plurality of instances in which a call was abandoned by a user of said mobile station, a respective user-wait time between when a forward-link reception failure occurred and when said user indicated that said call should be abandoned.