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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2005
Applicants:

Abhay Arvind Joshi, San Diego, CA (US);

Ramin Rezaiifar, San Diego, CA (US);

Simon Turner, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Abhay Arvind Joshi, San Diego, CA (US);

Ramin Rezaiifar, San Diego, CA (US);

Simon Turner, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

To access a first communication system, a terminal determines a transmission time for an access probe, an expected response time from the system, and a protected time interval based on the transmission time and/or expected response time. The terminal determines a starting time for sending the access probe such that the protected time interval does not overlap a tune-away interval in which the terminal is to monitor anther frequency/air-interface. This starting time may be set initially to the end of a prior access probe plus a pseudo-random wait duration and may be advanced forward or moved backward in time, if needed, by a time duration selected such that the protected time interval does not overlap the tune-away interval.


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