FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: wireless communication device, access terminal and access point perform administration of allocation of a transmission resource associated with a forward and return link, which is allocated to a transmitting object for a certain period of time and each time the transmitting object does not transmit real data packets and needs to store allocation of the selected resource, a pause indication is provided.
EFFECT: providing such a pause indication that an access point and an access terminal do not interpret said pause in transmission as an indication that allocated resources are not needed, or as an indication that allocated resources are no longer available.
9 cl, 5 dwg
