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Abstract

A method for rescuing communication connections from dropping when multiple connections are failing simultaneously is disclosed. The simultaneous rescue of connections is applicable to both forward and reverse-based rescue procedures. In one approach, the network can assign rescue codes to the MSs, and simultaneous rescues can thereafter be initiated using rescue channels defined by the rescue codes. To minimize the chance of collisions, the network may attempt to ensure that the MSs in need of rescue use different rescue codes, to the extent possible. In another non-mutually exclusive approach, the network can sequentially rescue the connections in danger of being dropped using rescue slots. In the rescue slot approach, individual MSs choose, or are assigned, different rescue slots in which to attempt a rescue.

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