Patent ID: 6967942

Claim:
A method for a communication infrastructure to speed uplink data setup, the method comprising the steps of: reserving, by a packet control unit (PCU) in the communication infrastructure, packet data resources needed for an uplink connection from a communication unit of a plurality of communication units to the communication infrastructure that has not yet been requested by the communication unit and is not yet needed by the communication unit, wherein the packet data resources comprise at least a portion of a packet data channel; sending, by the PCU to a basestation transceiver system (BTS), a message identifying the packet data resources reserved; transmitting, by the PCU via the BTS, an uplink transmit allowance message for the at least a portion of the packet data channel; and receiving, by the PCU, an indication that the packet data resources reserved have been used to establish the uplink connection, wherein the packet data resources comprise at least one timeslot of a packet data channel, a timing advance index, and a temporary flow identifier.