Patent ID: 8098645

Claim:
A method of random access by a terminal to a timeslot within a communication resource comprising: ascertaining a burst characteristic of a message to be sent from said terminal; generating a random access parameter, said random access parameter being a number, I, said ascertaining and generating operations being performed by said terminal within a communication system; selecting said timeslot from a set of timeslots within said communication resource, said terminal selecting an I th occurrence of said timeslot in said set of timeslots each of which have a burst type corresponding to said burst characteristic of said message, wherein differing timeslots within said set of timeslots are characterized by differing ones of said burst type, and said selecting operation includes selecting said I th occurrence of said timeslot in said set of timeslots having said burst type that most closely corresponds with said burst characteristic of said message; and transmitting said message from said terminal in said selected timeslot.