摘要 |
A communication system (100) acquires band class information and assigns a band class to MS (102) when the MS is engaged in a process of initiating a connection with infrastructure (104). The MS informs the infrastructure of the MS's band class capabilities when the MS initially performs an access attempt with the infrastructure in a reveres link associated with a first band class, that is, on r-csch (142) in reverse link (140). When the band class where the MS initially attempts access is congested, or the infrastructure desires to switch the MS to a second, alternate band class for any other reason, the infrastructure is able to immediately determine the band classes supported by the MS and to immediately assign the MS to a f-csch (132) or traffic channel (134) in a forward link (130) that is associated with the second, alternate band class supported by the MS. |