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A broadcast message indicating the utilization level associated with Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channels (SDCCH) within a mobile telecommunications network serving a particular geographic area is transmitted over a broadcast channel. A plurality of mobile stations located within that particular g

A broadcast message indicating the utilization level associated with Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channels (SDCCH) within a mobile telecommunications network serving a particular geographic area is transmitted over a broadcast channel. A plurality of mobile stations located within that particular geographic area monitoring the broadcast channel then receives the transmitted message. Thereafter, a mobile service request with a lower priority level than the indicated status level is queued by the associated mobile station and delayed until the channel utilization level rescinds to a network acceptable level.

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[ What is claimed is:] [7.] A system for communicating data indicating the status of channel resources to a plurality of mobile stations within a mobile telecommunications network, said channel resources associated with a plurality of first logical channels for facilitating data communication betwee

[ What is claimed is:] [7.] A system for communicating data indicating the status of channel resources to a plurality of mobile stations within a mobile telecommunications network, said channel resources associated with a plurality of first logical channels for facilitating data communication between said plurality of mobile stations and a telecommunications node serving said plurality of mobile stations, comprising:an application module for maintaining said plurality of first logical channels;a processor for making a determination concerning the utilization of said plurality of first logical channels by some of said plurality of mobile stations in comparison to a threshold level associated with said telecommunications node; anda transmitter for transmitting, in response to said determination being in excess of said threshold level, first data reflecting the scarcity of said plurality of first logical channels to said plurality of mobile stations over a second logical channel, said first data instructing said plurality of mobile stations to refrain until later authorized from sending requests for mobile services to said telecommunications node over respective ones of said plurality of first logical channels, and for transmitting, in response to said determination being less than said threshold, second data reflecting the availability of said plurality of first logical channels to said plurality of mobile stations over said second logical channel, said second data authorizing said plurality of mobile stations to send said requests for mobile services to said telecommunications node over respective ones of said plurality of first logical channels.