IP Library Granted Patent US 9,155,104
Granted Patent B2
US 9,155,104 · App. 13/831,858 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Device and method for access probe enhancements

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Patent No.
US 9,155,104
App. No.
13/831,858
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and wireless communication devices for access procedure enhancement are provided. The wireless communication device for access procedure enhancement includes a transceiver module and a communication protocol module. The transceiver module performs wireless transmissions and receptions. The communication protocol module receives a page message from a base station via the transceiver module, transmits at least one access probe via the transceiver module, and terminates the transmission of the rest of an access probe payload of the at least one access probe according to a termination criterion. Moreover, the access probe is transmitted using a transmission power which is lower than a first threshold, and the access probe is transmitted at a data rate lower than a second threshold.

Claims (35)

1. A method for access procedure enhancement by a wireless communication device, comprising:

receiving a page message from a base station;

transmitting at least one access probe; and

terminating the transmission of the rest of an access probe payload of the at least one access probe according to a termination criterion,

wherein the access probe is transmitted using a transmission power which is lower than a first threshold, the access probe is transmitted at a data rate lower than a second threshold, and the first threshold and the second threshold are determined according to at least one other access probe of an existing service in the network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the termination criterion is any one of the following items or combination thereof:

the base station has successfully decoded the access probe, and

the wireless communication device has received an acknowledgement from the base station.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the wireless communication device continues to transmit the access probe based on any one of the following items or combination thereof:

the base station has not successfully decoded the access probe, and

the wireless communication device has not received an acknowledgement from the base station.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the termination criterion is any one of the following items or combination thereof:

at least one sector of a network has successfully detected the access probe for reporting an access header and a payload data of the access probe to the serving base station and sending an acknowledgement through a page channel of the sector, and

the wireless communication device has received the acknowledgement from a monitored forward link paging channel.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication device continues to transmit the access probe based on any one of the following items or combination thereof:

no sector has successfully detected the access probe, and

the wireless communication device has not received the acknowledgement from the monitored forward link paging channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication device is a machine to machine communication device.

7. A wireless communication device for access procedure enhancement, comprising:

a transceiver module performing wireless transmissions and receptions; and

a communication protocol module receiving a page message from a base station via the transceiver module, transmitting at least one access probe via the transceiver module, and terminating the transmission of the rest of an access probe payload of the at least one access probe according to a termination criterion,

wherein the access probe is transmitted using a transmission power which is lower than a first threshold, the access probe is transmitted at a data rate lower than a second threshold, and the first threshold and the second threshold are determined according to at least one other access probe of an existing service in the network.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the termination criterion is any one of the following items or combination thereof:

the base station has successfully decoded the access probe, and

the wireless communication device has received an acknowledgement from the base station.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication device continues to transmit the access probe based on any one of the following items or combination thereof:

the base station has not successfully decoded the access probe, and

the wireless communication device has not received an acknowledgement from the base station.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the termination criterion is any one of the following items or combination thereof

at least one sector of a network has successfully detected the access probe for reporting an access header and a payload data of the access probe to the serving base station and sending an acknowledgement through a page channel of the sector, and

the wireless communication device has received the acknowledgement from a monitored forward link paging channel.

11. The wireless communication device of claim of claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication device continues to transmit the access probe based on any one of the following items or combination thereof:

no sector has successfully detected the access probe, and

the wireless communication device has not received the acknowledgement from the monitored forward link paging channel.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication device is a machine to machine communication device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2015
From: VIA TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037096/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2013
From: VIA TELECOM, INC.
To: VIA TELECOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031323/0910 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2013
From: WANG, SHU; YANG, HONG-KUI
To: VIA TELECOM, INC.
Reel/Frame 030025/0794 →