Granted Patent B1

US 6,965,778 · App. 09/288,229 · Granted Nov 15, 2005

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A method for accessing data from a network via a wireless communication link, the method comprising the steps of:

at a subscriber transceiver in an idle mode when no channels are allocated for sending payload data, determining whether at least abortion of payload data has been received from a computer device, the payload data intended to be transmitted over the wireless communication link;

in response to detecting a presence of the payload data, requesting use of a first set of traffic channels by sending a traffic channel allocation request message, the first set of traffic channels being used by the subscriber transceiver to transmit the payload data over the wireless communication link to a base station transceiver;

transmitting a first portion of the payload data over a first traffic channel to the base station transceiver; and

transmitting a second portion of the payload data over a second traffic channel to the base station transceiver.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payload data is transmitted via Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modulated radio signals.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a message to release the first set of traffic channels after the payload data is transmitted.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving an assignment of a second set of traffic channels, the second set of traffic channels including at least one traffic channel; and

receiving payload data over the second set of traffic channels.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first set of traffic channels is released based upon a request message from the subscriber transceiver.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request for additional traffic channels.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the request for additional traffic channels is received over a reverse control or non-traffic channel.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the request for additional traffic channels includes information including a number of channels needed.

9. A method as in claim 1 further comprising:

maintaining an idle mode between a remote transceiver and a base station by sending timing information over a low-bandwidth non-traffic channel.

10. A method for accessing data from a computer network via a wireless communication link, the method comprising the steps of:

constructing a first set of traffic channels to transmit a data payload from a remote transceiver to a base station;

at the base station, receiving a first portion of the data payload over a first traffic channel of the wireless communication link;

at the base station receiving a second portion of the data payload over a second traffic channel of the wireless communication link;

generating a message from the remote transceiver requesting a release of the first set of traffic channels after determining that the payload data has been transmitted to the base station; and

after the at least one traffic channels is released, maintaining an idle mode between a remote transceiver and a base station without an allocation of traffic channels to support data payload transfers, the idle mode being supported by sending timing information over a low-bandwidth non-traffic channel.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a request for information related to a network address is received over Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modulated radio signals.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the steps of:

sending an assignment of a second set of traffic channels; and

sending data associated with a network address over the second set of traffic channels.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said sending an assignment of a second set of traffic channels is achieved by sending the message on a forward control or non-traffic channel.

Assignments (10)