Patent ID: 6751196
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A wireless communications system comprising a plurality of wireless communication stations associated with a network,one of said wireless stations being designated as a central station, each of said wireless stations comprising a transmitter and a receiver, said network comprising a transmit-receive path between each transmitter of each of said wireless stations and each receiver of each of said other wireless stations, each of said transmitters comprising a means for transmitting a message for reception by one or more of the receivers of the other wireless stations, each of said receivers comprising: a means for receiving a received message, said received message being a transmitted message from one of said transmitters, a means for identifying an identity of the transmitter of the received message, a means for measuring the quality of the received message, and a means for determining a quality factor associated with the transmitter in dependence upon the measured quality of the received message; and, said central station comprising: a means for obtaining the quality factor from at least one other wireless station, and a means for determining a quality measure associated with the transmit-receive paths in dependence upon said quality factors.