METHOD OF SIGNALING REVERSE CHANNEL INFORMATION WITH MINIMAL VOICE/DATA DELAY

摘要

In a time division multiple access system, a subscriber listens to an assignedchannel (300) and an alternate channel (302) until a location of reversechannel signaling is determined for the assigned channel. The subscriber alsoobtains a fixed periodic rate (304) for the reverse channel signaling. Basedon the fixed periodic rate, the subscriber selectively listens to thealternate channel to receive reverse channel signaling while transmittinginformation on the assigned channel. The base repeater, however, selects thefixed periodic rate for reverse channel signaling and transmits the reversechannel signaling at the fixed periodic rate to the transmitting subscriber.If the base repeater receives a burst belonging to a superframe and determinesthat any burst in the superframe will collide with the reverse channelsignaling, the base repeater buffers any received burst in the superframe andtransmits the buffered bursts at a subsequent time.