Patent ID: 6091741
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A radio packet communication system comprising:a master station; anda plurality of slave stations;each of said slave stations generating a transmission reservation request signal with an identification number and an amount of transmission data to be reserved upon receipt of a reservation permission signal from said master station, said master station comprising:a contention mode operating means for performing a contention mode operation upon said master station and said slave stations;a polling mode operating means for performing a polling mode operation upon said master station and said slave stations; anda switching means for switching between said contention mode operating means and said polling mode operating means in accordance with the amount of transmission data reserved by said slave stations for transmission to said master station, said switching means switching to said contention mode if the amount of reserved transmission data is less than a first amount and switching to said polling mode if the amount of reserved transmission data is greater than a second amount, where the second amount is greater than the first amount.