Claims
- 1. A method of operating a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless mobile packet data communications system, the method comprising:
transmitting first, second and third classes of Packet System Information (PSI) messages on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) at respective first, second and third repetition rates.
- 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting first, second and third classes of PSI messages on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) at respective first, second and third repetition rates comprises:
periodically transmitting a sequence of messages of the first class; transmitting successive portions of the sequence of messages of the second class in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of messages of the first class; and transmitting a message of a third class once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein transmitting a message of a third class once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of messages of the second class comprises transmitting a message of the third class following transmission of a final message of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 5. A method according to claim 4, further comprising embedding a first portion of an application layer message in a first ELR Payload message and embedding a second portion of the application layer message in a second ELR Payload message.
- 6. A method according to claim 4, further comprising embedding information from first and second application layer messages in a single ELR Payload message.
- 7. A method according to claim 6, further comprising including an indicator of the presence of information from multiple application layer messages in the single ELR Payload message.
- 8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for transmission for messages of the third class.
- 9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprises ELR Payload messages comprising embedded information from application layer messages, and wherein transmitting a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of messages of the third class comprises transmitting an ELR Schedule message that indicates when an ELR Payload message including information from an application layer message of interest will be transmitted.
- 10. A method according to claim 1, further comprising error detection coding the third class of PSI messages differently than the first and second classes of PSI messages.
- 11. A method according to claim 10, wherein error detection coding the third class of PSI messages differently than the first and second classes of PSI messages comprises:
applying a common block coding to the first, second and third classes of PSI messages; and applying a transformation to a checking portion of the block coded third class of PSI messages.
- 12. A method of operating a wireless packet data communications system that repetitively transmits system information messages on a broadcast control channel, the method comprising:
transmitting messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 14. A method according to claim 12, wherein the system information messages comprise a first class of system information messages transmitted at a first repetition rate and a second class of system information messages transmitted at a second repetition rate that is less than the first repetition rate, and wherein transmitting messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel comprises transmitting the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a third repetition rate that is less than the second repetition rate.
- 15. A method according to claim 14, wherein transmitting the messages that contain information from application layer messages at a third repetition rate that is less than the second repetition rate comprises transmitting one message that contains information from an application layer message per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of system information messages of the second class.
- 16. A method according to claim 15, wherein transmitting one message that contains embedded information from an application layer message per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of system information messages of the second class comprises transmitting a message that contains embedded information from an application layer message following transmission of a final message of the sequence of system information messages of the second class.
- 17. A method according to claim 12, wherein transmitting messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted comprises transmitting first and second messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from a single application layer message.
- 18. A method according to claim 12, wherein transmitting messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted comprises transmitting a single message on the broadcast control channel that contains embedded information from first and second application layer messages.
- 19. A method according to claim 18, further comprising including an indicator of the presence of information from multiple application layer messages in the single message.
- 20. A method according to claim 12, further comprising transmitting a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 21. A method according to claim 20, wherein transmitting a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprises transmitting a schedule message that indicates when a message including information from an application layer message of interest will be transmitted.
- 22. A method according to claim 12, further comprising error detection coding the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages differently than the system information messages.
- 23. A method according to claim 22, wherein error detection coding the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages differently than the system information messages comprises:
applying a common block coding to the messages that contain information from application layer messages and to the system information messages; and applying a transformation to a checking portion of the block coded messages that contain information from application layer messages.
- 24. A method of operating a GPRS wireless mobile packet data communications system, the method comprising:
using payload messages multiplexed with Packet System Information (PSI) messages transmitted on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) as transport layer messages for an application.
- 25. A method according to claim 24, wherein using payload messages multiplexed with Packet System Information (PSI) messages transmitted on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) as transport layer messages for an application comprises transmitting the payload messages used as transport layer messages at a rate that is less than the transmission rate of Low Repetition (LR) PSI messages on the PBCCH.
- 26. A method according to claim 25, wherein transmitting the payload messages used as transport layer messages at a rate that is less than the transmission rate of Low Repetition (LR) PSI messages on the PBCCH comprises transmitting one message used as a transport layer message per an integer multiple cycles of transmission of the LR PSI messages.
- 27. A method according to claim 24, wherein the application comprises at least one of a Location Services (LCS) application and a Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) application.
- 28. A method of operating a GPRS wireless mobile packet data communications system, the method comprising:
transmitting one Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Packet System Information (PSI) message on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) per an integer multiple cycles of transmission of Low Repetition (LR) PSI messages, such that an ELR PSI message is transmitted following transmission of a final LR PSI message of a repeatedly transmitted sequence of LR PSI messages.
- 29. A method according to claim 28, wherein the ELR PSI messages are used as transport layer messages for an application.
- 30. A method according to claim 29, wherein the application comprises at least one of a Location Services (LCS) application and a Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) application.
- 31. A method according to claim 28, further comprising:
block coding the ELR PSI message and the LR PSI messages according to a common block code; and applying a transformation to a checking portion of the block coded ELR PSI message; and wherein transmitting one ELR PSI message comprises transmitting the transformed block coded ELR PSI message.
- 32. A method of operating a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless terminal, the method comprising:
receiving first, second and third classes of Packet System Information (PSI) messages on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) at respective first, second and third repetition rates.
- 33. A method according to claim 32, wherein receiving first, second and third classes of Packet System Information (PSI) messages on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) at respective first, second and third repetition rates comprises receiving a message of a third class once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 34. A method according to claim 33, wherein receiving a message of a third class once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of messages of the second class comprises receiving a message of the third class following transmission of a final message of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 35. A method according to claim 32, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 36. A method according to claim 32, further comprising receiving a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for reception of messages of the third class.
- 37. A method according to claim 36, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprises ELR Payload messages comprising embedded information from application layer messages, and wherein receiving a schedule message that indicates a schedule for reception of messages of the third class comprises receiving an ELR Schedule message that indicates when an ELR Payload message including information from an application layer message of interest can be received.
- 38. A method according to claim 39, further comprising error detection decoding the third class of PSI messages differently than the first and second classes of PSI messages.
- 39. A method of operating a wireless terminal in a wireless packet data communications system that repetitively transmits system information messages on a broadcast control channel, the method comprising:
receiving messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 40. A method according to claim 39, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 41. A method according to claim 39, wherein the system information messages comprise a first class of system information messages transmitted at a first repetition rate and a second class of system information messages transmitted at a second repetition rate that is less than the first repetition rate, and wherein receiving messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel comprises receiving the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a third repetition rate that is less than the second repetition rate.
- 42. A method according to claim 41, wherein receiving the messages that contain information from application layer messages at a third repetition rate that is less than the second repetition rate comprises receiving one message that contains information from an application layer message per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of system information messages of the second class.
- 43. A method according to claim 42, wherein receiving one message that contains embedded information from an application layer message per an integer multiple receptions of the sequence of system information messages of the second class comprises receiving a message that contains embedded information from an application layer message following transmission of a final message of the sequence of system information messages of the second class.
- 44. A method according to claim 39, further comprising receiving a schedule message that indicates a schedule for reception of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 45. A method according to claim 44, wherein receiving a schedule message that indicates a schedule for reception of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprises receiving a schedule message that indicates when a message including information from an application layer message of interest will be transmitted.
- 46. A method according to claim 39, further comprising error detection decoding the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages differently than the system information messages.
- 47. A base station of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system, the base station comprising:
a transmitter operative to transmit first, second and third classes of Packet System Information (PSI) messages on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) at respective first, second and third repetition rates.
- 48. A base station according to claim 47, wherein the transmitter is operative to periodically transmit a sequence of messages of the first class, to transmit successive portions of the sequence of messages of the second class in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of messages of the first class, and to transmit a message of a third class once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 49. A base station according to claim 48, wherein the transmitter is operative to transmit a message of the third class following transmission of a final message of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 50. A base station according to claim 47, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 51. A base station according to claim 47, wherein the transmitter is further operative to transmit a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for transmission for messages of the third class.
- 52. A base station according to claim 47, further comprising an error detection coder that codes the third class of PSI messages differently than the second class of PSI messages.
- 53. A base station for a wireless packet data communications system, the base station comprising:
a transmitter operative to repetitively transmit system information messages on a broadcast control channel and to transmit messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 54. A base station according to claim 53, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 55. A base station according to claim 53, wherein the transmitter is further operative to transmit a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 56. A base station according to claim 53, further comprising an error detection coder that codes the messages that contain information from application layer messages differently than the system information messages.
- 57. A General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless terminal, comprising:
a receiver operative to receive first, second and third classes of Packet System Information (PSI) messages transmitted on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) at respective first, second and third repetition rates.
- 58. A terminal according to claim 57, wherein the receiver is operative to receive a message of a third class that is transmitted once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 59. A terminal according to claim 58, wherein the receiver is operative to receive a message of the third class that is transmitted following transmission of a final message of the sequence of messages of the second class.
- 60. A terminal according to claim 57, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 61. A terminal according to claim 57, wherein the receiver is operative to receive a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for reception of messages of the third class.
- 62. A terminal according to claim 61, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprises ELR Payload messages comprising embedded information from application layer messages, and wherein the receiver is operative to receive an ELR Schedule message that indicates when an ELR Payload message including information from an application layer message of interest can be received.
- 63. A terminal according to claim 57, further comprises an error detection decoder operative to error detection decode the third class of PSI messages differently than the first and second classes of PSI messages.
- 64. A wireless terminal for use in a wireless packet data communications system that repetitively transmits system information messages on a broadcast control channel, the method comprising:
a receiver operative to receive messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 65. A terminal according to claim 64, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 66. A terminal according to claim 64, wherein the system information messages comprise a first class of system information messages transmitted at a first repetition rate and a second class of system information messages transmitted at a second repetition rate that is less than the first repetition rate, and wherein the terminal is operative to receive the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a third repetition rate that is less than the second repetition rate.
- 67. A terminal according to claim 64, wherein the receiver is operative to receive a schedule message that indicates a schedule for reception of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 68. A terminal according to claim 67, wherein the receiver is operative to receive a schedule message that indicates when a message including information from an application layer message of interest will be transmitted.
- 69. A terminal according to claim 64, further comprising an error detection decoder operative to decode the messages that contain information from application layer messages differently than the system information messages.
- 70. An apparatus, comprising:
means for creating Packet System Information (PSI) messages; and means for causing periodic transmission of a sequence of Packet System Information (PSI) messages of a first class on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless mobile data communications system, for causing transmission of successive portions of a sequence of PSI messages of a second class on the PBCCH in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the first class, and for causing transmission of a PSI message of a third class on the PBCCH once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the second class.
- 71. An apparatus according to claim 70, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 72. An apparatus according to claim 70, further comprising means for creating a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission for PSI messages of the third class, and for causing transmission of the schedule message on the PBCCH.
- 73. An apparatus according to claim 70, wherein the means for creating Packet System Information (PSI) messages and the means for causing periodic transmission of a sequence of Packet System Information (PSI) messages of a first class on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless mobile data communications system, for causing transmission of successive portions of a sequence of PSI messages of a second class on the PBCCH in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the first class, and for causing transmission of a PSI message of a third class on the PBCCH once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the second class comprises at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and a circuit module.
- 74. An apparatus, comprising:
means for creating system information messages and causing the system information messages to be repetitively transmitted on a broadcast control channel of a wireless packet data communications system; and means for creating messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages and causing the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages to be transmitted on the broadcast control channel at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel
- 75. An apparatus according to claim 74, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 76. An apparatus according to claim 74, wherein the means for creating and causing transmission of the messages that contain information from application layer messages comprises means for causing transmission of one message that contains information from an application layer message per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of system information messages of the second class.
- 77. An apparatus according to claim 74, further comprising means for creating a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages, and for causing transmission of the schedule message on the broadcast control channel.
- 78. An apparatus according to claim 77, wherein the means for creating and causing transmission of a schedule message comprises means for creating and causing transmission of a schedule message that indicates when a message including information from an application layer message of interest will be transmitted.
- 79. An apparatus according to claim 74, wherein the means for creating and causing transmission of system information messages and the means for creating and causing transmission of messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and a circuit module.
- 80. An apparatus for use in a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless mobile data communications system, the apparatus comprising:
means for receiving a sequence of Packet System Information (PSI) messages of the first class periodically transmitted on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH); means for receiving PSI messages of a second class on the PBCCH transmitted in portions in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the first class; and means for receiving a PSI message of a third class on the PBCCH transmitted once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the second class.
- 81. An apparatus according to claim 80, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 82. An apparatus according to claim 80, further comprising means for receiving a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for transmission for PSI messages of the third class.
- 83. An apparatus according to claim 80, wherein the means for receiving a sequence of Packet System Information (PSI) messages of a first class, the means for receiving a sequence of PSI messages of a second class, and the means for receiving a PSI message of a third class comprises at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and a circuit module.
- 84. An apparatus, comprising:
means for receiving system information messages transmitted on a broadcast control channel of a wireless packet data communications system; and means for receiving messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages and that are transmitted at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 85. An apparatus according to claim 84, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 86. An apparatus according to claim 84, wherein the means for receiving messages on the broadcast control channel that contain information from application layer messages comprises means for receiving one message that contains information from an application layer message per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of system information messages of the second class.
- 87. An apparatus according to claim 84, further comprising means for receiving a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 88. An apparatus according to claim 87, wherein the means for receiving a schedule message comprises means for receiving a schedule message that indicates when a message including information from an application layer message of interest will be transmitted.
- 89. An apparatus according to claim 84, wherein the means for receiving system information messages and the means for receiving messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and a circuit module.
- 90. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code embodied in a computer-readable program storage medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
program code for causing periodic transmission of a sequence of Packet System Information (PSI) messages of a first class on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless mobile data communications system; program code for causing transmission of successive portions of a sequence of PSI messages of a second class on the PBCCH in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the first class; and program code for causing transmission of a PSI message of a third class on the PBCCH once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the second class.
- 91. A computer program product according to claim 90, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 92. A computer program product according to claim 90, further comprising program code for causing transmission of a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for transmission for PSI messages of the third class.
- 93. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code embodied in a computer-readable program storage medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
program code for causing repetitive transmission of system information messages on a broadcast control channel of a wireless packet data communications system; and program code for causing transmission of messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 94. A computer program product according to claim 93, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 95. A computer program product according to claim 93, further comprising program code for causing transmission of a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 96. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code embodied in a computer-readable program storage medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
program code for receiving a sequence of Packet System Information (PSI) messages of a first class periodically transmitted on a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless mobile data communications system; program code for receiving a sequence of PSI messages of a second class that are transmitted on the PBCCH that are transmitted in successive intervals between transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the first class; and means for receiving a PSI message of a third class on the PBCCH that is transmitted once per an integer multiple of transmissions of the sequence of PSI messages of the second class.
- 97. A computer program product according to claim 96, wherein the PSI messages of the third class comprise Extremely Low Repetition (ELR) Payload messages including embedded information from an application layer message.
- 98. A computer program product according to claim 96, further comprising program code for receiving a schedule message on the PBCCH that indicates a schedule for transmission for PSI messages of the third class.
- 99. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code embodied in a computer-readable program storage medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
program code for receiving system information messages repetitively transmitted on a broadcast control channel of a wireless packet data communications system; and program code for receiving messages on the broadcast control channel that contain embedded information from application layer messages and that are transmitted at a lower repetition rate than that at which the system information messages are transmitted on the broadcast control channel.
- 100. A computer program product according to claim 99, wherein the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages comprise an identifying portion formatted consistent with the system information messages and a payload portion including information from an application layer message.
- 101. A computer program product according to claim 99, further comprising program code for receiving a schedule message that indicates a schedule for transmission of the messages that contain embedded information from application layer messages.
- 102. A method of operating a GPRS wireless mobile packet data communications system, the method comprising:
using messages communicated on a logical channel multiplexed on a physical channel with a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) as transport layer messages for an application.
- 103. A method according to claim 102, wherein using messages communicated on a logical channel multiplexed with a PBCCH as transport layer messages for an application comprises communicating the transport layer messages on a logical channel of a physical Packet Data Channel (PDCH).
- 104. A method according to claim 103, wherein communicating the transport layer messages on a logical channel of a physical PDCH comprises communicating the transport layer messages in radio blocks that cannot be used for a Packet Paging Channel (PPCH).
- 105. A method according to claim 102, wherein using messages communicated on a logical channel multiplexed with a PBCCH as transport layer messages for an application comprises transmitting a transport layer message once per multiple transmissions of multiframes.
- 106. A method according to claim 102, wherein the application comprises at least one of a Location Services (LCS) application and a Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) application.
- 107. A base station of a GPRS wireless mobile packet data communications system, the base station comprising:
a transmitter operative to transmit transport layer messages for an application on a logical channel multiplexed on a physical channel with a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH).
- 108. A base station according to claim 107, wherein the transmitter is operative to transmit the transport layer messages on a logical channel of a Packet Data Channel (PDCH).
- 109. A base station according to claim 107, wherein transmitter is operative to transmit the transport layer messages in radio blocks that cannot be used for a Packet Paging Channel (PPCH).
- 110. A base station according to claim 107, wherein the transmitter is operative to transmit a transport layer message once per multiple transmissions of multiframes.
- 111. A base station according to claim 107, wherein the application comprises at least one of a Location Services (LCS) application and a Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) application.
- 112. A method of operating a GPRS terminal, the method comprising:
receiving transport layer messages for an application on a logical channel multiplexed on a physical channel with a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH).
- 113. A method according to claim 112, wherein receiving transport layer messages comprises receiving the transport layer messages on a logical channel of a Packet Data Channel (PDCH).
- 114. A method according to claim 112, wherein the application comprises at least one of a Location Services (LCS) application and a Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) application.
- 115. A GPRS terminal, comprising:
a receiver operative to receive transport layer messages for an application on a logical channel multiplexed on a physical channel with a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH).
- 116. A terminal according to claim 115, wherein the receiver is operative to receive the transport layer messages on a logical channel of a Packet Data Channel (PDCH).
- 117. A terminal according to claim 115, wherein the application comprises at least one of a Location Services (LCS) application and a Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) application.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of and claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/090,688 (Attorney Docket No. 8194-596/P16574), filed Mar. 5, 2002, and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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