Patent ID: 6370153
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04H,H04J,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
A method for enabling a station to communicate via a shared medium of a multiple access network comprising the steps of:(a) transmitting a reservation request bitstream containing a request to reserve one or more slots of an upstream payload channel on an upstream control channel, (b) receiving a plurality of bitstreams from a downstream channel, including at least one bitstream containing an indication of one or more slots of said upstream payload channel assigned to said station for transmitting bitstreams, (c) transmitting payload bitstreams on said upstream payload channel, only at said assigned slots of said upstream payload channel, and (d) switching between transmitting said reservation request bitstreams and the payload bistreams, such that said reservation request and payload bitstreams are sequentially transmitted, wherein said upstream control channel, said upstream payload channel and said downstream channel each have a mutually different frequency band.