Patent ID: 8249032

Claim:
A method for managing communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: establishing a first communication channel between a base transceiver station and a plurality of first communication devices through first timeslots of a frame; establishing a second communication channel between the base transceiver station and a plurality of second communication devices through second timeslots of the frame; determining whether a third communication channel can be established between the base transceiver station and at least one of the plurality of the second communication devices through at least one of the first timeslots based on a set of predefined parameters evaluated for each of the first timeslots, wherein the set of predefined parameters are evaluated by the plurality of second communication devices; and if it is determined that the third communication channel can be established, establishing the third communication channel between the base transceiver station and the at least one of the plurality of the second communication devices through the at least one of the first timeslots.