Patent ID: 6331973
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method for automatically managing communication channel resources between nodes having neighboring nodes in a network of transceiver nodes, wherein each node communicates during specific time slots and uses multiple frequencies using a time division multiple access structure, the method comprising:storing possible communications time slots and frequencies between nodes in the network at each node;announcing and transmitting from a first node during a specific time slot, a specific transmit slot and frequency and the identification of a second node to all neighboring nodes of the first node comprising a first set of neighboring nodes;transmitting from the first node in a bootstrap slot a control packet containing:a set of slot and frequency pairs on which the first node is transmitting;a set of slot and frequency pairs on which the first node is receiving; anda set of slot and frequency pairs on which the first set of neighboring nodes are transmitting on;identifying in each of the nodes of the first set of neighboring nodes the announced selected transmit slot and frequency used to establish substantially contention free communication on the selected transmit slot and frequency between the first and second nodes; andassigning slot and frequency pairs from the communications channel resources by utilizing a heuristics.