TIMER-CONTROLLED CHANNEL SWITCHING IN A UMTS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

In a 3G communication system a method of controlling a radio communication channel between user equipment and a base station is provided. The communication channel is caused to operate in DCH operation to permit data transfer between the radio network and the user equipment, and thereafter to switch to operate in FACH operation at the end of a time interval after the data transfer is complete, that time interval being variable and dynamically determined according to conditions in said communication system.