Methods and apparatus for radio configuration indication

摘要

Techniques for facilitating wireless communication include receiving a message from a mobile station, the message comprising a service option field indicative of an advanced radio configuration capability of the mobile station and establishing a radio link between the mobile station and the serving base station, by using the indicated advanced radio configuration capability. In some implementations, in a CDMA2000 network, a Revision E compliant mobile station is able to operate in Revision E mode with a Revision E base station and a legacy mode with a legacy base station, without being affected by a handoff and without a need to modify bit length of the revision field in the paging response message from the mobile station.

主权项

1. A method of facilitating wireless communication, comprising:
receiving a message from a mobile station currently being served by a serving base station in a CDMA 2000 network, the message comprising a service option field containing a plurality of radio configurations supported by the mobile station, wherein the plurality of radio configurations include options 8 and 11 that are not compatible with radio control capabilities supported by a legacy network, wherein an indication of a radio configuration, among the plurality of the radio configurations, is selectively recognized by the serving base station depending on whether the serving base station supports the radio configuration; establishing a radio link between the mobile station and the serving base station, by using the indicated radio configuration if the serving base station supports the radio configuration and otherwise establishing the radio link by using a radio configuration supported by the serving base station; and communicating, during a handoff operation for a possible handoff of the mobile station to a target base station, wherein the target base station implements a protocol revision that is different from that of the serving base station, the supported radio configurations in a handoff message to the target base station.