Patent ID: 6826160
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a shared media network, a method of dynamically allocating bandwidth resources to a device coupled to said network, said method comprising the steps of:continuously determining a loading condition on each of a total quantity of available channels for communication on said network; dynamically specifying a quantity of transmitting channels for said device to transmit on said network; assigning specific transmitting channels chosen from said total quantity of available channels upon which said device can transmit until said quantity of transmitting channels have all been assigned, said assigning of specific transmitting channels based upon said loading condition on each of said total quantity of available channels; automatically migrating an existing device on said network to newly assigned specific transmitting channels based upon said continuously determined loading condition; and sequentially and repetitively transmitting by said device, on said specific transmitting channels followed by an alternative specific transmitting channels.