Patent ID: 6496490
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for allocating multiple communication channels among a plurality of base stations belonging to a wireless communication network of the kind in which a queue of waiting units of buffer content can accumulate for each base station, each said queue having a respective queue length, the method comprising:assigning channels to base stations according to a rule that forbids concurrent use of the same channel by interfering base stations; and at least once, reassigning one or more channels to at least one of said base stations according to said rule, wherein said reassignment of channels is carried out in response to a communication between said base station and at least one other network entity, and said reassignment of channels is carried out in a manner responsive to the queue length of said base station, wherein: the reassignment of channels to at least one base station comprises reassigning at least one channel to a base station from a neighboring base station; each said communication between a base station and a network entity comprises a meassage issued to said base station, by at least one neighboring base station, identifying channels that are available for reassignment; and the reassignment of channels to said base station comprises selecting one or more channels for reassignment from those channels identified as available.