Abstract: A method of accessing a communications channel, the method comprising: assigning a time transmission interval (TTI) and at least one temporary block flow (TBF) during an Access Grant Channel (AGCH) assignment; allocating an additional field in an Immediate Assignment message sent on the AGCH; using the additional field to simultaneously assign to a mobile station (MS) at least one temporary block flow on an uplink of the communications channel and at least one temporary block flow on a downlink of the communications channel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 29, 2008
Publication date:
May 19, 2011
Applicant:
Telefonaktieboleg L M Ericsson (publ)
Inventors:
Andreas Bergström, Håkan Axelsson, Paul Schliwa-Bertling