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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
John K Burgess, Morristown, NJ (US);
Carol M. Picot, Boonton Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
David Albert Rossetti, Randolph, NJ (US);
Lily H Zhu, Parsippany, NJ (US);
John K Burgess, Morristown, NJ (US);
Carol M. Picot, Boonton Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
David Albert Rossetti, Randolph, NJ (US);
Lily H Zhu, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of wireless communication. The method includes the step of broadcasting a message, such as channel list message, for example. The broadcasting message lists each available carrier for each available frequency band in the wireless communication spectrum—e.g., 400 MHz and about 2100 MHz. Each available carrier listed within the message may correspond with at least one cell of a coverage area. Moreover, each broadcast message comprises at least one occurrence for each available carrier. Each available carrier may also be repeated within the message a number of times corresponding to a carrier weighting. This carrier weighting in turn corresponds with a traffic load. Alternatively, the method may also include the step of repeating the broadcast of the message a number of times, wherein the number corresponds to a carrier weighting associated with the traffic load. The broadcast message may also comprise a listing of at least one service, such as voice and/or data, supported by each available carrier.