Patent ID: 6574206
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method for automatically managing communication channel resources between nodes in a network of nodes, wherein each node has neighboring nodes in the network and each node is configured to communicate during specific time slots on a time multiplex basis, the method comprising:communicating between nodes in the network using a time division multiple access structure, the time division multiple access structure including time divisions having time frames, each time frame having time slots to communicate between nodes in the network; storing, at each node, an assignment of possible time slots to communicate between nodes in the network; announcing, at a first node to neighboring nodes of the first node, during a first time slot in a particular time frame, an available time slot from the assignment of possible time slots in the particular time frame, the available time slot arranged subsequent to the first time slot in the particular time frame; and determining, at a second node, potential for a transmission collision during the available time slot.