Patent ID: 6952427
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. Method for terminals to have access to a common resource of a network, comprising: defining in said network the access conditions of a plurality of access classes; transmitting the access conditions to all the terminals liable to have access to the said common resource; determining, at a terminal wishing to have access to the resource, the access class to which it belongs according to an internal state of the terminal; and gaining access to the common resource according to the access conditions of the access class thus determined by the terminal; wherein the terminal determines the access class to which it belongs according to past factors which include the number of failures of the terminal to gain access to the common resource or the number of successes of the terminal in gaining access to the the common resource; wherein said network transmits, to all the terminals wishing to have access to the said common resource, at least one parameter common to each of the said access classes, in that at least one weighting parameter is defined or predefined for each access class and in that each terminal which has determined its access class deduces the said access conditions from the said common parameter or parameters.