Kanalomlægning i et mobilradiokommunikationssystem

摘要

The present invention provides a reassignment handshake method for verifying a mobile station's reception of control messages so as not to remove, or change, existing ARQ engines or base station context in the event of control message reception failures at the mobile station. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a mobile station, in response to a reassignment message from a base station which instructs the mobile station to tune to another channel, transmits a confirmation message to the base station on the same channel on which the reassignment message was sent. As a result, reception of a reassignment message can be verified prior to the mobile station actually tuning to the other channel.