Patent ID: 6414947
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H04J,H04W

Abstract:
A communication network comprisingfirst resource allocating means for allocating resource in a first communication channel; second resource allocating means for allocating resource in a second communication channel; first communication means for providing a communication link for the first communication channel to at least one user terminal; second communication means for providing a communication link for the second communication channel to at least one user terminal; a first user terminal using both communication links for communication; means for designating one of the first or second resource allocating means as an associated resource; and wherein said associated resource allocating means performs a first allocation of resource to said first user terminal without consideration of resource allocation in other resource allocating means and in which the resource allocating means not being associated resource allocation means subsequently performs a resource allocation to the first user terminal in response to the first resource allocation of the associated resource allocation means.