Patent ID: 6636488
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of dynamically and adaptively responding to messages in a point-to-multipoint wireless communication link between a base station controller and plural customer premises equipment, the communication link having an upstream portion for communicating data from the customer premises equipment to the base station controller and a downstream portion for communicating data from the base station controller to the customer premises equipment, the method comprising the steps of:setting a first timeout duration each time the base station controller receives a non-acknowledgement message from a selected customer premises equipment, wherein during the is first timeout duration, the base station controller discards further acknowledgement and non-acknowledgement messages from the selected customer premises equipment; and setting a second timeout duration each time the base station controller receives an invalid message from the selected customer premises equipment, wherein during the second timeout duration, the base station controller discards all further messages received from the selected customer premises equipment.