Patent ID: 6954444
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. For use in a wireless network comprising a first base transceiver station capable of establishing and maintaining a plurality of communication links with a plurality of mobile stations by means of a plurality of data traffic channels and at least one overhead channel, an apparatus for allocating said plurality of data traffic channels comprising: a failure detection circuit capable of detecting a failure in said at least one overhead channel of said first base transceiver station and generating a failure notification; and a channel allocator capable of receiving said failure notification and, in response thereto: 1) terminating a first communication link between said first base transceiver station and a first selected one of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said first selected mobile station maintains at least a second communication link with at least a second base transceiver station of said wireless network, and 2) reconfiguring a first data traffic channel associated with said terminated first communication link as a replacement overhead channel replacing said failed overhead channel.