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A method and apparatus for rapidly assigning traffic channels to a plurality of mobile stations in a wide area high-speed packet data cellular communication system. Mobile stations transmit access probes on randomly selected access channels to selected base stations to initiate traffic channel assig

A method and apparatus for rapidly assigning traffic channels to a plurality of mobile stations in a wide area high-speed packet data cellular communication system. Mobile stations transmit access probes on randomly selected access channels to selected base stations to initiate traffic channel assignments. The access probe comprises a pilot preamble, a traffic channel request, and a pilot/data request channel (DRC). The pilot preamble allows the selected base station to easily detect the access probe transmission. The traffic channel request includes data that identifies the mobile station. Immediately after transmitting the traffic channel request, the mobile station begins communicating with the base station on both the forward and reverse communication links. The selected base station immediately supervises the mobile station's transmission power. The mobile station selects from a group of available power control sub-channels. The mobile station selects an available channel and an associated power control sub-channel from the list.

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1. A traffic channel assignment mechanism for rapidly assigning traffic channels in a wireless data communication system having a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein transmissions from the base stations to the mobile stations are made via forward radio channels and

1. A traffic channel assignment mechanism for rapidly assigning traffic channels in a wireless data communication system having a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein transmissions from the base stations to the mobile stations are made via forward radio channels and wherein transmissions from the mobile stations to the base stations are made via reverse radio channels, each reverse channel having an associated and corresponding forward channel in a one-to-one relationship, and wherein each forward channel includes a control channel and a plurality of forward traffic channels, and wherein each reverse channel includes at least one access channel and a plurality of reverse traffic channels, comprising: a) means for selecting a reverse channel to use for transmitting a traffic channel request from a requesting mobile station to a selected base station; b) means, responsive to the reverse channel selecting means, for transmitting a traffic channel request to the selected base station via a selected access channel of the selected reverse channel; and c) means, for communicating digital data information with the selected base station using a selected traffic channel of the selected reverse channel and an associated corresponding forward traffic channel; wherein the selected base station advertises a group of available power control sub channels, and wherein the requesting mobile station selects one of the available power control sub-channels for use in subsequent communications with the selected base station. 2. A computer program executable on a general purpose computing device, wherein the program is capable of establishing a communication link between a mobile station and a base station in a digital cellular communication system comprising a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of base stations, and wherein transmissions from the base stations to the mobile stations are made using forward radio communication links and wherein transmissions from the mobile stations to the base stations are made using reverse radio communication links, comprising: d) a first set of instructions for selecting a reverse communication link for use in transmitting a traffic channel request from a requesting mobile station to a selected base station; e) a second set of instructions for transmitting a traffic channel request to the selected base station over the selected reverse communication link; and f) a third set of instructions for transmitting data from the requesting mobile station to the selected base station using the selected reverse communication link, and for receiving data from the selected base station using an associated corresponding forward communication link; wherein the selected base station advertises a group of available power control sub-channels, and wherein the requesting mobile station selects one of the available power control sub-channels for use in subsequent communications with the selected base station. 3. The computer program of claim 2 wherein the program is executed by a general purpose computing device in the requesting mobile station and in the selected base station.4. The computer program of claim 2, wherein the program is executed by a field programmable gate array device.