Method for allocating channel resources in a distributed control channel system

US6842432B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Motorola, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Darrell J. Stogner · Belleville, US
• Robert D. LoGalbo · Rolling Meadows, US
• Scott M. Alazraki · Pine Island Ridge, US
• Apoorv Chaudhri · Cupertino, US
• Alan P. Conrad · McLeansboro, US
• Stan Jelavic · Pembroke Pines, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W8/26
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An outbound message (200) identifies a slot type associated with each timeslot in a scheduling period. In one embodiment, the outbound message further identifies at least an address of a first subscriber group assigned to transmit in a first timeslot (206) if the slot type of the first timeslot is of a first type and an address of a second subscriber group assigned to transmit in a second timeslot (208) if the slot type of the second timeslot is of a second type, wherein the first type and the second type could be the same or different. In a second embodiment, the outbound message further identifies at least a group address associated with a plurality of subscriber units assigned to transmit in a first timeslot if the slot type of the first timeslot is of a first type. In yet a third embodiment, the outbound message further identifies an address of a first subscriber group assigned to transmit in a first timeslot if the slot type of the first timeslot is of the first type, and a second timeslot (210) of a second type.