Patent ID: 6597671
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A communication system comprising a local area network (116) connected to a plurality of base stations (118, 120), each base station (118) having a geographic area, defined as a cell, within which remote stations (128, 132, 136) are within reception range with said each base station, said each base station being capable of performing bidirectional communication over a shared communication media with one or more of said remote stations under control of a controller (110 ) connected to said local area network, said system comprising:(a) means in a given base station for sending a request to said controller for assignment by said controller of one of said network resources including a pool of radio frequency hopping patterns used for performing bidirectional radio communication between said base stations and said remote stations; and (b) means in said controller for selecting and assigning to said given base station of said network resources in response to said request.