Patent ID: 6694135
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for a radio communication network to obtain data messages from a mobile station operating therein during unidirectional downlink transfer, a first data message being indicative of downlink data acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement, and a second data message being indicative of measurement result conditions at the mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:the network providing in a header portion of the downlink transfer a first polling code representative of a first polling state for requesting the mobile station to transmit said first data message, and the method being characterised in that the network provides in a header portion of the downlink transfer a second polling code representative of a second polling state for requesting the mobile station to transmit said second data message, said second polling code being different from the first polling code such that the second polling state is different from the first polling state.