To address the need for reducing the wireless data transfer delay without reducing channel utilization, an embodiment of this invention provides for a wireless unit (101), transitioning from a dormant to an active state, to transmit data, such as a data query, at the time of call origination. The Wireless Network delay and the Data Network delay, ordinarily experienced back-to-back, are instead experienced concurrently. The difference in delay experienced between active versus dormant users is thus nearly eliminated. This will motivate network operators to decrease their inactivity timers, and is thereby likely to improve their channel utilization and reduce the cost of packet data services.
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