Patent ID: 7694001
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system, comprising: plural user stations each configured to communicate with remote user stations using a common equipment in a single housing having a communication capability, a performance of a communication conducted by each of the plural user stations is based on a currently allocated portion of the communication capability of the common equipment that is currently allocated to each of the plural user stations, and the performance of the communication conducted by each of the plural user stations includes a Quality of Service; a memory that hosts a database configured to store an indication of the currently allocated portion of the communication capability that is allocated to each of the plural user stations and store an indication of a planned-to-be-allocated portion of the communication capability that is planned to be allocated in the future to at least a first user station in the plural user stations and that is not currently allocated to the first user station; and a portion changing mechanism configured to