Patent ID: 6795449
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A channel allocation method on performing a data communication in a wide band wireless multi-media communication system, comprising:measuring a quantity of data to be sent at a customer premises equipment unit; and determining whether to use a contention time slot or a reserved time slot of a communication frame based on the quantity of data to be sent, without requiring an additional indication as to which type of time slot of the communication frame to use, the communication frame including both the contention time slot and the reserved time slot, wherein it is determined that data communication should be performed using the contention time slot of the communication frame, if the measured quantity of the data is smaller than a certain critical value; and it is determined that data communication should be performed using the reserved time slot of the communication frame, if the measured quantity of the data is greater than the certain critical value.