Method for Providing Service and Rate Negotiation in a Mobile Communication System

Abstract

A method and apparatus for negotiating service configuration in a digital communication system is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the service negotiation system is implemented in a wireless spread spectrum communication system. The service configuration comprises data rates, frame formats and types of services. Types of service may include speech encoding, facsimile or digital data services. Further described herein is a digital transmitter and receiver using the service negotiation system to provide service configuration mutually acceptable at both ends of a communication link.

1 . An apparatus for negotiating service configurations within a mobile station, comprising a service negotiator configured to use a plurality of states to negotiate for a service configuration between the mobile station and a base station, wherein the plurality of states includes:
 a Normal Service Subfunction for receiving a proposed service configuration request message from a mobile station user or the base station;   a Waiting for Service Response Message Subfunction for receiving a service response message from the base station;   a Waiting for Service Request Message Subfunction for receiving a service request message from the base station;   a Waiting for Service Action Time Subfunction for receiving an action time associated with a new service configuration; and   a Waiting for Service Connect Message Subfunction for receiving a service connect message,   
       wherein one of the plurality of states is active at any given time.