Claims
- 1. In a wireless communication system, a method for transmitting a communication signal comprising a plurality of units of information, the method comprising:transmitting the plurality of units of information via a predetermined number of channel resources; determining a number of the plurality of units remaining in at least a portion of the communication signal; based on the predetermined number of channel resources, adjusting the number of the plurality of units remaining to produce an adjusted number of units remaining; and transmitting the adjusted number of units remaining to the wireless communication system.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting further comprises:dividing the number of the plurality of units remaining by the predetermined number of channel resources.
- 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the adjusted number of units remaining comprises a quotient resulting from the step of dividing.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:prior to the step of determining, detecting that the communication signal should be transferred to another communication unit.
- 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of channel resources is greater than one.
- 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication system comprises a time division multiple access communication system.
- 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein each of the predetermined channel resources comprises a time slot.
- 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of transmitting further comprises:inserting the adjusted number of units remaining into a power control field of each of the time slots.
- 9. A method for allocating channel resources in a wireless communication system, comprising:receiving a communication signal comprising a plurality of units of information, the communication signal transmitted via a predetermined number of channel resources; examining the communication signal to determine a number of the plurality of units to be received, the number of the plurality of units to be received representing a number of the plurality of units remainig in at least a portion of the communication signal, the number of the plurality of units remaining adjusted based on the predetermined number of channel resources; and based on the number of the plurality of units to be received, allocating the predetermined number of channel resources.
- 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the number of the plurality of units to be received represents a quotient resulting from a division of the number of the plurality of units remaining by the predetermined number of channel resources.
- 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of examining the communication signal comprises examining a power control field.
Parent Case Info
This appln claims benefit of Provisional appln No. 60/057,327, filed Feb. 9, 1997.
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