Abstract:
A method and apparatus to perform persistence tests for a mobile station (110) in a network (140) are described. A counter for the random number generator configured to count access slots is initialized (401). One or more random numbers are successively generated (402, 403), until a value of a generated random number is lower than a first predetermined value (403). At the same time, the counter is successively incremented based on the number of generated random numbers. When the counter value is higher than or equal to a second predetermined value of successive iterations, the mobile station is deactivated (406) for a predetermined number of access slots equal to the counter value. Finally, if an access probe needs to be transmitted to the network, a random access number is generated (410) in preparation for transmission of the access probe to enable access to the network.