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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Valentin Oprescu-surcobe, Northbrook, IL (US);
John M. Harris, Chicago, IL (US);
Sean S. Kelley, Barrington, IL (US);
Valentin Oprescu-Surcobe, Northbrook, IL (US);
John M. Harris, Chicago, IL (US);
Sean S. Kelley, Barrington, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are described for signaling an ad-hoc group of mobile units (MUs). The ad-hoc group may be a group of MUs for which signaling awaits transmission via a wireless communication resource (). Signaling such a group involves deriving a mobile unit group identifier (MUGI) by combining individual mobile unit identifiers (MUIs) of the targeted ad-hoc group. The individual MUIs are either an identifier of each MU or derived from an identifier of each MU. The derived MUGI is then included in combined signaling that is transmitted (by RAN, e.g.) via the wireless communication resource. A receiving MU () determines whether the MUGI could have been derived from its MUI in combination with at least one other MU's MUI. When it determines that the MUGI could have been derived from its MUI, the receiving MU processes the signaling as directed to itself.