TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AN ACTIVE SET ASSIGNMENT MESSAGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus for transmitting an ActiveSetAssignment message in a wireless communication system, comprising generating the ActiveSetAssignment message comprising a 8 bit MessageID field, a 8 bit MessageSequence field wherein the MessageSequence field indicates a value 1 higher than the MessageSequence field of the last ActiveSetAssignment message sent to an access terminal and a 3 bit NumChannels field wherein the NumChannels field indicates a number of channels included in the message. The ActiveSetAssignment message is then transmitted over a communication link. A method and apparatus for receiving and processing the ActyiveSetAssignment message is further provided.