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United States Patent 9,456,376
Proctor, Jr. , et al. September 27, 2016

Subscriber-controlled registration technique in a CDMA system


Abstract

A method and apparatus for dynamic uplink communication in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. The method includes transmitting, by a base station, a pilot signal on a first channel to a mobile station (MS), the pilot signal indicating a signal strength, receiving, by the MS, a one-bit indicator from a plurality of base stations on a second channel, the one-bit indicator indicating a congestion status for each of the plurality of base stations, determining, by the MS, the congestion status for each of the plurality of base stations, and selecting, by the MS, a base station based on the one-bit indicator received on the second channel, wherein the one-bit indicator further indicates a neighboring base station that is lightly congested.



Inventors:
Proctor, Jr.; James A. (Indiatlantic, FL), Ferguson; Dennis D. (Orlando, FL)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002134220

Appl. No.:
14/071,183

Filed:
November 4, 2013


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20140064075 A1 Mar 6, 2014



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Issue Date

11454614 Jun 16, 2006 8576805
10435927 Jul 4, 2006 7072316
09301483 May 13, 2003 6563809




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0231 (20130101); H04W 48/06 (20130101); H04W 48/20 (20130101); H04W 48/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/216 (20060101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 48/06 (20090101); H04W 48/20 (20090101); H04W 48/10 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328-350,449,457,232-234,235-237 ;455/146-150,152,506-515

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