Patent ID: 8665801

Claim:
A method of wireless data transmission, comprising: broadcasting available identifiers from a plurality of identifiers reserved for only a shared reverse link data channel; receiving a data alert message on a reverse link access channel indicating a mobile station has data for transmission, the data alert message including a selected one of the available identifiers; selecting an identifier from a plurality of identifiers reserved for only the shared reverse link data channel; sending an assignment message including the selected identifier to the mobile station over a forward link control channel prior to the receiving the data, a timing of when the assignment message is sent establishing when the mobile station will send the data; allocating, in response to the received data alert message, reverse link resources for receiving data over a shared reverse link data channel without allocating forward link resources for forward link data transmission in association with the allocated reverse link resources; repeatedly receiving at least a part of the data on the reverse link data channel based on the allocated reverse link resources until the data is successfully decoded; and sending an acknowledgement of the received data on a forward link channel if the received data is successfully decoded.