Patent ID: 7343163
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a radio communication system having a plurality of radios, comprising the steps of: (a) separating the plurality of radios into two or more groups, wherein each group of radios are arranged to communicate over different communication channels; (b) gathering a communication connection statistic on the plurality of radios; (c) determining whether the two or more groups should be reconfigured based on the gathered communication statistics; and (d) when a determination is made that the two or more groups should be reconfigured to allow a reduction in collisions on a communication channel, reconfiguring the grouping of radios based on the communication connection statistics gathered in step (b), wherein the communications connection statistics are used to determine the reconfigured radio groupings and wherein each of the reconfigured radio groupings are arranged to share different respective communication channels without removing radios from the system and without reducing the number of channels used amongst the groups.