METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A PSEUDO-RANDOM SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The figure shows a base site (104) generating a pseudo-random signal based on at least one system parameter known to both the base site (104) and a communication unit (112). The base site transmitter (106) then transmits the pseudo-random signal to the communication unit via an idle communication resource (102). Upon receiving the pseudo-random signal by the receiver (114) of the communication unit (112) determines at least one characteristic of the idle communication resource (102) using the pseudo-random signal.