Systems and methods for wireless communications with a heavily-loaded wireless network
View Patent ↗Methods and apparatus for congestion mitigation in wireless communication networks are provided. The congestion mitigation can include assignment of a new user class, a mobile station identifier, a mobile station identifier and a reserved traffic channel and/or an alternative access channel in another wireless communication network. These congestion mitigation techniques can be employed for selected mobile stations when an activity on an access channel is above a threshold level.
1. A method for a mobile station communicating with a first wireless network, the method comprising:
monitoring a control channel;
receiving at the mobile station information identifying a second wireless network over the control channel; and
transmitting to the second wireless network based on the received information a request for a traffic channel of the first wireless network.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a traffic channel assignment from the first wireless network, wherein the assigned traffic channel is in the first network; and
transmitting information in the assigned traffic channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information identifying the second wireless network is received when an access channel of the first wireless network is congested.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic channel assignment includes a universal access terminal identifier.