Patent ID: 6272353
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A system for mobile communications, comprising:a base station having logic operable to evaluate a plurality of parameters relating to the quality of individual communication links between the base station and each of a plurality of mobile units, to determine the quality of each communication link in response to the evaluated parameters, to determine at least one frequency to use for each communication link that optimizes the quality of the communication link, and to select the frequency that optimizes the quality of the communication link for each mobile unit; andcircuitry residing in each mobile unit operable to establish an optimized communication link with the base station;wherein the plurality of parameters includes a long-term error rate and a short-term error rate, and the logic is operable, for a communication link, to determine, using both the long-term error rate and the short-term error rate, a frequency to use that optimizes quality.