Patent ID: 7277405

Claim:
A mobile station for sending information to a base station having an associated cell site identifier (ID), the mobile station comprising: a transmitter adapted to send information to the base station; a processor coupled to the transmitter; a memory coupled to the processor; a first instruction set stored in the memory and adapted to cause the processor to obtain the cell site ID associated with the base station; a second instruction set stored in the memory and adapted to cause the processor to determine an appropriate time slot in which to transmit information; a third instruction set stored in the memory and adapted to cause the processor to determine if a training waveform is to be transmitted during a training period of the appropriate time slot; and a fourth instruction set stored in the memory and adapted to cause the processor to control the transmitter to send the cell site ID associated with the base station when the training waveform is not transmitted during the training period of the appropriate time slot.