Patent ID: 8155655

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system comprising: wirelessly receiving a call request from a wireless communication device, and in response, starting an access channel timer and transferring call set-up signaling to extend the call; if the access channel timer expires before a negative response is received to the call set-up signaling, then allocating a wireless access channel to the wireless communication device for the call; if the negative response is received to the call set-up signaling before the access channel timer expires, then denying the wireless access channel to the wireless communication device for the call; if the negative response is received to the call set-up signaling after the access channel timer expires, then releasing the wireless access channel from the wireless communication device; if a positive response is received to the call set-up signaling before the access channel timer expires, then allocating the wireless access channel to the wireless communication device for the call.