Patent ID: 8335183

Claim:
A method of providing a packetized data transmission service to a mobile terminal in a spread spectrum communication network, the method including: at a base station, broadcasting an indication message to each of a plurality of mobile terminals in a cell on a downlink broadcast channel, the indication message providing notification of an available High Speed Downlink Packet Access service intended for the plurality of mobile terminals, the plurality of mobile terminals including a first mobile terminal supporting the High Speed Downlink Packet Access service; at the first mobile terminal, periodically placing the mobile terminal in an active state to monitor the downlink broadcast channel for the indication message, monitoring the downlink broadcast channel for the indication message, transmitting channel quality measurement and reporting information to the base station on an uplink shared scheduled channel, placing the mobile terminal in an inactive state, if no indication message is detected, and upon receipt of the indication message, transmitting an acknowledgement of detection of the indication message to the base station on an uplink contention channel; and at the base station, upon contention completion, transmitting High Speed Downlink Packet Access service configuration information to the first mobile terminal transmitting the acknowledgement on the downlink broadcast channel, transmitting control information for the High Speed Downlink Packet Access service to the first mobile terminal on a downlink shared control channel, and transmitting data for the High Speed Downlink Packet Access service to the first mobile terminal on a downlink shared data channel.