Patent ID: 8189525

Claim:
A Base Station (BS) for addressing a link budget bottleneck when at least one Mobile Station (MS) enters a communications network via the BS, the BS comprising: a network entry accept module associated with the base station, the network entry accept module comprising one or more processors configured to: receive a bandwidth request from the at least one MS that is attempting to enter the communications network via the BS; allocate first uplink bandwidth in at least one first frame in response to the bandwidth request, the first uplink bandwidth to be used to receive initiation communication information from the MS, wherein the initiation communication information is used for initial entry by the MS into the communications network; receive a first portion of the initiation communication information from the MS on the at least one first frame; allocate second uplink bandwidth in at least one second frame; receive a second portion of the initiation communication information from the MS on the at least one second frame; combine the first portion and the second portion of the initiation communication information; and decode the initiation communication information using the first portion and the second portion, whereby use of the at least one first frame and the at least one second frame addresses the link budget bottleneck.