Patent ID: 6084869
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
In a random-access, multiple-path, packet-based communication system having a plurality of transceiver terminals communicating with each other, and a packet router for routing transmitted signals to a destination transceiver terminal, a reservation request method for reserving transmit channel resources between a group of terminals comprising the steps of:in each terminal wanting to make a transmission, assembling a reservation request packet comprising an address header identifying the entire group of terminals as the destination for the reservation request packet, and a data segment identifying the transmitting terminal and the channel resources to be reserved;transmitting each reservation packet through the packet router to each terminal identified in the address header;determining locally at each terminal identified in the address header the order of transmission, said order depending on the sequence in which all reservation request packets are received from the router; andtransmitting signals from each terminal in accordance with the order of transmission determined locally at each terminal identified in the address header such that the transmission processing is decentralized.