IN-BAND MULTI-USER SCHEDULING INFORMATION TRANSMISSION FOR GROUP SERVICES

摘要

Methods (440, 500, 600) and corresponding systems (20, 24, 190) for scheduling uplink resources for communication with a base station (22) include receiving an uplink resource request (82, 204) for an uplink channel resource for a subscriber station (24). In response to the uplink resource request (82), generating an uplink resource grant message (206) for scheduling a selected uplink channel resource for the subscriber station (24); and inserting the uplink resource grant message into a shared traffic packet (158, 208) for transmission from the base station (22) on a shared traffic channel (56).