Patent ID: 8711798

Claim:
A method implemented in a spread spectrum communications system for providing a packetized data transmission service, the method comprising: broadcasting from a base station to a cell an indication of the packetized data transmission service on a downlink channel, the indication comprising a notification of the packetized data transmission service; monitoring, at a user equipment, the downlink channel for the indication of the packetized data transmission service from the base station, transmitting from the user equipment to the base station an acknowledgement of detection of the indication; transmitting packetized data transmission service configuration information from the base station to the user equipment on the downlink channel; transmitting from the base station to the user equipment control information for the packetized data transmission service on a downlink shared control channel; monitoring, at the user equipment, the downlink shared control channel for the control information for the packetized data transmission service; transmitting data for the packetized data transmission service from the base station to the user equipment on a downlink shared data channel; reporting from the user equipment to the base station channel quality information; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment an indication of termination of the packetized data transmission service on a downlink shared control channel, wherein the user equipment has two states that comprise an active state to monitor the downlink channel and an inactive state, and wherein the user equipment utilizes the packetized data transmission service configuration information to monitor the downlink shared control channel for the control information for the packetized data transmission service.