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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2008
Eldad Zeira, Huntington, NY (US);
Guodong Zhang, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Stephen E. Terry, Northport, NY (US);
Ana Lucia Iacono, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Janet A. Stern-berkowitz, Little Neck, NY (US);
Maged M. Zaki, San Diego, CA (US);
Teresa J. Hunkeler, Montreal, CA;
Eldad Zeira, Huntington, NY (US);
Guodong Zhang, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Stephen E. Terry, Northport, NY (US);
Ana Lucia Iacono, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Little Neck, NY (US);
Maged M. Zaki, San Diego, CA (US);
Teresa J. Hunkeler, Montreal, CA;
Interdigital Technology Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A temporary (temp) dedicated channel (DCH) is used to support communications. The temp-DCH channel is a channel that is assigned to a user having a set duration. After the duration expires, the channel is automatically released to the user. Embodiments of the invention relate to establishing the temp-DCH channel, determining the data rate and duration of the channel. Other embodiments relate to establishing back-to-back temp-DCH channels and the implementation details of these embodiments. Additionally, one embodiment relates to adding a start/stop function to the medium access controller which can be used in conjunction with temp-DCH as well as other applications.