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Uplink scrambling code assignment for a random access channel

US6958989B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 2000
Grant dateOct 25, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W74/0833
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user equipment transmits a data packet using a selected signature in a time slot of a radio frame within a superframe of a random access channel. The superframe being time divided into radio frames. A base station identifies the selected signature, transmission time slot and transmission radio frame of the data packet. The base station determines an uplink scrambling code for the user equipment based on in part the identified signature, transmission time slot and transmission radio frame. The base station selectively transmits an acknowledgment message based on in part an availability of the determined uplink scrambling code. The user equipment receives the acknowledgment message and transmits a subsequent data packet using the determined uplink scrambling code.

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