Patent ID: 7079846

Claim:
A method of controlling a network element having variable transmission modes, comprising the steps of: determining in a network element whether the network element requires more transmission modes; transmitting a request from the network element to a network resource controller for a requested transmission mode based on a result of the step of determining in the network element whether the network element requires more transmission modes; determining in the network resource controller whether the requested transmission mode is available at the network resource controller; further transmitting a request from the network resource controller to a transmission mode controller when the network resource controller determines that the requested transmission mode is not available at the network resource controller; defining the available transmission modes in the network; storing the defined transmission modes in the transmission mode controller; determining in the transmission mode controller whether the requested transmission mode is available; granting from the transmission mode controller to the network resource controller the requested transmission mode based on the step of determining in the transmission mode controller that the requested transmission mode is available; and further granting from the network resource controller to the network element the requested transmission mode, wherein the available transmission modes include either available radio resources or radio standards.