Patent ID: 6850759

Claim:
For use in a radio access network of a cellular telecommunications system, the radio access network supporting a radio connection with a user equipment unit (UE), the radio connection being controlled by a serving radio network controller (SRNC) comprising the radio access network, a method comprising: (1) a drift radio network controller (DRNC) signaling to the serving radio network controller (SRNC) whether the drift radio network controller (DRNC) requires initiation of a Common Transport Channel Resource Initialization Procedure when the user equipment unit (UE) seeks to use a forward access channel (FACH) common transport channel in a cell controlled by the drift radio network controller (DRNC); (2) if the signaling of step (1) indicates that the drift radio network controller (DRNC) does not require initiation of the Common Transport Channel Resource Initialization Procedure, not executing the Common Transport Channel Resource Initialization Procedure with respect to the user equipment unit (UE) in the cell.