Patent ID: 6122291
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A communication system having a communication resource for supporting communications on a plurality of channels having channel bandwidths in a radio frequency (RF) domain, the plurality of channels capable of supporting a plurality of differing services, the system comprising:means for determining a demand on the communication resource;means for dynamically modifying a bandwidth in the RF domain of at least one channel of the plurality of channels in response to the demand, said means for dynamically modifying being arranged to modify the bandwidth to bias the communication resource with respect to a relative hierarchy that exists between ongoing communications; andmeans for storing hierarchy information defining a relative hierarchy within communication devices of the communication system, and wherein the means for dynamically modifying the bandwidth modifies the bandwidth of at least one channel to bias the communication resource to support an operating capability of a first communication device having a hierarchy relatively high to that of a second communication device having a relatively lower hierarchy in the communication system;wherein a bandwidth allocated to the second communication device is reduced, and further wherein services of greater importance in relaying information to the second communication device are maintained above ancillary services that are complementary to the relaying of such information.