Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

J Chris Stanaway

Timothy J Wilson

Ajaykumar R Idnani

Jeffrey J Blanchette

Subramanian S Iyer

David R Maas

Christopher R Cushing

An apparatus and method for communicating system information in a wireless communication network. A first stepincludes defining unicast threshold parameter(s). A next stepincludes receiving a request for system information. A next stepincludes determining if the system information exceeds the threshold parameter(s). A next step-includes scheduling an ad-hoc broadcast of the system information if the system information exceeds the threshold parameter(s). A next stepincludes sending a pointer to the scheduled ad-hoc broadcast. A next stepincludes broadcasting the network service provider information per the schedule.

Communicating system information in a wireless communication network

A communications system (100) has a TDMA signal (110) accessed by one or more mobile stations (104). The TDMA signal carries both circuit switched and packet data service. A packet channel is defined within a packet data frame (208) by assigning time slots not used by other services during the packet data frame to the packet channel. A packet data seed channel (204) is used to anchor the packet channel and steer a mobile station to the packet channel. In the packet data seed channel a dynamic allocation protocol (DCAP) slot (206) appears and carries the packet channel slot assignments for the next occurring packet data frame.

Method for accessing and providing access to a packet channel

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