Initialization of communication channel between a subscriber station and a base station in a subscriber communication system

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A subscriber communication system includes a base station in a network with a plurality of subscriber stations wherein control information is communicated between the base station and the subscriber stations over a radio control channel (RCC) at a frequency selected by the base station from a plurality by predetermined frequencies. The a base station transmits control messages including a unique network number over the RCC. Each subscriber station processes the network number in the control message received over the RCC to enable the subscriber station to process the control message in accordance with whether the subscriber station is in the same network as the base station. The timing of …