Patent ID: 6381458
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for communicating information in a radiocommunication system comprising the steps of:transmitting substantially the same message information from a plurality of sources to a remote station; providing, as an access network, a link between each of said plurality of transmission sources and a central station; determining if access network loading associated with one of said plurality of sources exceeds a threshold; evaluating transmissions from said one of said plurality of sources using a result of said determining step; and selectively terminating transmissions from said one of said plurality of sources based upon a result of said evaluating step, wherein each of said plurality of sources communicates with the remote station via a plurality of antenna elements in both an uplink and downlink direction, wherein a first active set associated with the uplink direction can have a different number of members than a second active set associated with said downlink direction and wherein members of the first and second active sets are selected based on air interface parameters and loading of the access network.