Patent ID: 7151938

Claim:
A method of operating a dynamically reconfigurable wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool, the method comprising: determining a state of a first wireless network that includes a first lobe pool, wherein the first lobe pool includes multiple subscriber systems and a base station configured to provide services to the multiple subscriber systems; identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition that is associated with an exchange of a stream of data units; determining whether the new condition has a threshold impact on operations of one or more of the multiple subscriber systems in the first lobe pool; and if the threshold impact is determined to exist, reconfiguring the first wireless network to accommodate the new demand condition by: identifying a first device, representing one of the multiple subscriber systems in the first lobe pool, as being affected by the new demand condition; determining whether the first device is capable of accessing a second lobe pool that is different than the first lobe pool; determining an estimated impact of the new demand condition on operations of a second wireless network that includes the second lobe pool if the first device were to access the second lobe pool instead of the first lobe pool; determining whether the estimated second lobe pool impact is less than a revised threshold; and instructing the first device to access the second lobe pool instead of the first lobe pool if the estimated second lobe pool impact is less than the revised threshold.