Patent ID: 6597672
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method in a mobile communication network for establishing a multichannel connection, wherein a multichannel connection utilizes two or more adjacent physical channels in time-division multiplex frames having a plurality of physical channels, comprising the following steps:determining if there is a need to make one or more active physical channels idle to facilitate said multichannel connection; marking said one or more active physical channels that should be made idle, wherein said step of marking comprises selecting the channel or channels from which the connection should be moved by carrying out the following steps in arbitrary order i) selecting the channels for which the increase in consecutive bandwidth will be maximized; ii) selecting the channels for which the consecutive bandwidth is maximized; iii) selecting the channels from the frames in which the smallest number of channels are occupied; and iv) selecting the channel farthest away from the frame border; and reassigning said marked physical channels to said multichannel connection.