Patent ID: 8184591

Claim:
A method for cell reselection implemented by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: defining a single high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) reception variable (HS_DSCH_RECEPTION_GENERAL) indicating the status of HS-DSCH reception for the following states: Cell_FACH, Cell_PCH, URA_PCH and Cell_DCH; setting the HS_DSCH_RECEPTION_GENERAL variable to TRUE on the condition that HS-DSCH procedures are ongoing; setting the HS_DSCH_RECEPTION_GENERAL variable to FALSE on the condition that a new cell following a cell reselection does not support HS-DSCH reception; and releasing HS-DSCH resources on the condition that the new cell does not support HS-DSCH reception.