Patent ID: 6404751
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for frequency assignment from a base station to a plurality of customer premise equipment in a localized microwave distribution system, the method comprising:providing communications from the base station to each of the plurality of customer premise equipment over separate downstream frequencies, each downstream frequency having a home common control channel associated therewith; providing communications from each of the plurality of customer premise equipment to the base station over separate upstream frequencies, each upstream frequency having a common control channel associated therewith; creating a frequency assignment table assigning customer premise equipment within a broadcast area of the base station to specific ones of the base station downstream frequencies for each downstream frequency available from the base station; broadcasting a portion of the frequency assignment tables in the home common control channel of each downstream frequency from the base station over the broadcast area, the portion of the frequency assignment tables including only those customer premise equipment for which the base station has received no upstream communication for a predetermined amount of time.