Patent ID: 7197313

Claim:
A wireless resource allocation method in a wireless communication system including a plurality of wireless terminals and a single access point having a bridge function, the method comprising the steps of: (a) allocating a wireless resource to a corresponding wireless terminal and receiving data from said wireless terminal in said access point; (b) performing a check to determine whether there is an error in said data which was received from said wireless terminal in said access point in the step (a); and (c) sending an error occurrence message and allocating a wireless resource for retransmission of data to said wireless terminal simultaneously when said access point detects a data error in the step (b), wherein said wireless resource is one of a bandwidth and a time slot; wherein, in the step (c), said error occurrence message is sent to the corresponding wireless terminal while said wireless resource for retransmission is allocated to the corresponding wireless terminal during a down-link period within one frame comprising the down-link period and an up-link period; and wherein said wireless terminal does not send a wireless resource request message for retransmission of said data.