Patent ID: 6381250
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
A system for controlling a network of communication devices, each device communicating in the network according to a transmission plan specified by a management component of the system, the system comprising:a management component that controls the transmission plan for all communications devices in the network; and one or more implementation component that control one or more communication devices in the network according to instructions from the management component, each implementation component comprising: receiving means for receiving at least one transmission plan from the management component, said transmission plan containing a scheduled implementation time for modifying the transmission plan for one or more devices in the network; decoding means for decoding an implementation time for said transmission plan; and output means for outputting a command to a communication device controlled by the implementation component to implement said transmission plan at the implementation time specified instead of the transmission plan currently being utilized by that communication device.