Patent ID: 6424645
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A TDMA radio communication method which has super frames each consisting of a plurality of frames, and which includes in the frame a control channel for exchanging control information between a base station and at least one terminal station, said TDMA radio communication method comprising the steps of:providing a latter part of each of the super frames with an assignment information notification period which is preceded by an assignment processing period, and providing a remaining part of the each of the super frame with an assignment request collecting period; transmitting, from the terminal station to the base station, assignment request information using a plurality of frames included in the assignment request collecting period; transmitting, from the base station to the terminal station, frame structure information and assignment information over a plurality of frames included in the assignment information notification period; and carrying out, in the base station, channel assignment of a radio channel, changes of the frame structure and of the channel assignment in response to timings of the super frames.