Patent ID: 6973051
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for assigning resources in a shared channel of a communication network comprising a master station and a plurality of slave stations communicating with said master station over said shared channel, said master station sending transmit authorizations to said slave stations authorizing each of them to transmit at least a traffic packet on said shared channel, at least one of said slave stations having inactivity periods during which said slave station has no traffic packet to transmit, a maximum time interval between two transmit authorizations, called activity time interval, being ensured during non inactivity periods for each slave station, wherein said method comprises: transmitting to said master station a silence indication upon reception of a transmit authorization at said slave station during an inactivity period; and increasing said maximum time interval between two transmit authorizations for said slave station upon reception of said silence indication at said master station, wherein said maximum time interval, upon reception of said silence indication, is increased by a value dependent upon a duration of said inactivity period.