Patent ID: 7287096

Claim:
A method of sharing communication reconfiguration information in a communication system, the method comprising: determining reconfiguration transceive parameters for indicating a reconfiguration of a data communication channel; determining ack/comply timing information indicating a time at which an ack/comply is expected; determining an implementation timing information indicating a time in which the reconfiguration transceive parameter should be implemented after the ack/comply is sent; transmitting the reconfiguration transceive parameters and the ack/comply timing information; receiving a physical media dependent ack/comply signal indicating whether reconfiguration transceive parameters are to be implemented, the ack/comply signal being received at a time determined by the ack/comply timing information; and implementing the reconfiguration transceive parameters in response to the ack/comply signal, the reconfiguration transceive parameters being implemented at a time in accordance with the implementation timing information.