Patent ID: 6574452
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method of communicating between communication stations adapted to communicate with each other when at least one of said communication stations supplies a control signal, said one of said stations then functioning in a â€œbase stationâ€  mode, and other stations not supplying a control signal then functioning in a â€œmobile stationâ€  mode, the method being performed by a first communication station needing to send information, the method comprising the steps of:determining the presence of a second communication station functioning in base station mode able to convey said information; and in a case where the determining step determines that no second communication station is functioning in base station mode and is capable of conveying said information, performing a switching operation, during which said first communication station switches to function in base station mode.