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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D Wenk, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04B / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370347 ; 3403111 ; 34082544 ; 379 63 ; 455 383 ; 455343 ;
Abstract
A method of ensuring bandwidth availability for non-page point-to-point traffic in a communications system employs the steps of assembling a Superframe within a base station, and transmitting the Superframe from the base station to a radio unit. The Superframe is divided into a plurality of slots. A broadcast control channel is defined as a first portion of the plurality, and a point-to-point control channel is defined as a second portion of the plurality. The broadcast control channel has a Non-PCH Subchannel slot information element specifying a number of Non-PCH Subchannel slots within the point-to-point control channel.