Patent ID: 6035207
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a radio frequency communication network having a plurality of transmitter and receiver units for communication with a portable two-way selective call communication device, a method for allocating a number of blocks of a frame to an in-bound channel request comprising:measuring by the receiver units a quality value representing the quality of an intercepted in-bound message transmitted by a portable two-way selective call communication device;decoding an in-bound message by at least one of the receiver units;reporting by the receiver units to a network controller the quality value measured for an intercepted in-bound message and a decoded message if any;identifying at the network controller one of said receiver units reporting to the network controller as a primary receiver of said in-bound message, the other receiver units reporting to the network controller being identified as secondary receivers of said in-bound message;determining whether a primary receiver of an in-bound message is a secondary receiver of an in-bound message previously assigned to a frame; andallocating a number of blocks of said frame to an in-bound message if the primary receiver of an in-bound message is not a secondary receiver of an in-bound message previously assigned to a frame.