Apparatus, and associated method, for generating assignment information used pursuant to channel allocation in a radio communication system
US6665309B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communications in a radio communication system that utilizes shared, packet channels. One or more common control channels are defined upon a forward link extending between a network part of the radio communication system and the mobile stations thereof. Assignment information sets so generated by an assignment information generator and formatted into data frames for communication to the mobile stations. The mobile stations monitor a single shared packet control channel to receive the assignment information sent thereto upon the common shared channel.
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