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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Ralph Akram Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Devico, San Diego, CA (US);
Sajith Balraj, San Diego, CA (US);
Ying Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralph Akram Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael DeVico, San Diego, CA (US);
Sajith Balraj, San Diego, CA (US);
Ying Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for service acquisition in a broadcast system. In an aspect, a method includes detecting whether a loss of service has occurred, and initiating acquisition attempts during an aggressive acquisition phase if a loss of service has occurred, wherein a backoff time interval between successive acquisition attempts is constant or increased, and wherein the aggressive acquisition phase ends when service acquisition is achieved or a selected number of acquisition attempts have been performed. An apparatus includes interface logic configured to detect whether a loss of service has occurred, and processing logic configured to initiate acquisition attempts during an aggressive acquisition phase if a loss of service has occurred, wherein a backoff time interval between successive acquisition attempts is constant or increased, and wherein the aggressive acquisition phase ends when service acquisition is achieved or a selected number of acquisition attempts have been performed.