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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2003
Sanjeev Arvind Athalye, San Diego, CA (US);
Sanjeev Arvind Athalye, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various method and apparatus provides for a method and apparatus for a communication system to efficiently use the traffic channel resources for communications of control data. A controller receiving a transmission indicator of a control message for transmission from a base station to a mobile station over a traffic channel. The controller selects a traffic channel dormant timer based on the transmission indicator. A network entity may send the transmission indicator to the base station. The transmission indicator of the control message is determined based on at least one of extent of communications and size of data of the control message between the mobile station and the base station. The controller sets up a traffic channel for transmission of the control message with the selected traffic channel dormant timer. The traffic channel is torn down after expiration of the selected traffic channel dormant timer.