Mobile station supervision of the foward dedicated control channel when in the discontinuous transmission mode

摘要

A method and apparatus for supervising a dedicated control channel when in the discontinuous transmission mode. The mobile station (4) receives a pilot strength measurement for each pilot signal contained in an active set of base stations and an aggregate of the pilot strength measurements is determined. An average for the aggregate is determined over a selected time interval and the remote station transmitter is disabled if said average is below a threshold for a designated time (T1). The received transmission may be deemed terminated if the average is below the threshold for a second designated time (T2), where T2 > T1.