Patent ID: 8706123

Claim:
A method for reporting channel usage information to a network controller, comprising: receiving a set of data channel resources from a network controller related to accessing a wireless network, wherein the set of data channel resources relate to a set of enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) or enhanced uplink (EUL) resources; allocating one or more of the data channel resources to one or more devices to facilitate accessing the wireless network; generating usage information related to the set of data channel resources, the usage information comprising allocation information for the set of data channel resources, the allocation information comprising a number of allocations of at least one of the set of data channel resources and a number of denied requests for allocation of at least one of the set of data channel resources; reporting the usage information to the network controller; receiving an additional set of data channel resources from the network controller based on the reported usage information; receiving a plurality of system acquisition requests from one or more disparate mobile devices; and allocating the additional set of data channel resources to the one or more disparate mobile devices based on the system acquisition requests.