Patent ID: 8676222
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical channel in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment, the method, by the user equipment, comprising: using at least one variable that varies over time to generate an address as a temporary identifier to identify the user equipment to the network equipment from among a plurality of user equipments, wherein the at least one variable that varies over time is selected from the group of time parameters consisting of: a super frame number, a radio frame number, a subframe number, and a timeslot number; transmitting the temporary identifier to the network equipment; receiving a downlink message conveying the temporary identifier and a scheduled resource on the shared physical channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource without using the temporary identifier in response to the downlink message.