Patent ID: 8385228

Claim:
A method at a communication server, the method comprising: accessing a list of communication preferences, the list identifying a communication paradigm that is associated with a full duplex system, a different communication paradigm that is associated with a half duplex system, the communication paradigm being a mode of communication amongst a collection of interrelated communication devices, the different communication paradigm being a different mode of communication amongst a different collection of interrelated communication devices, the list of communication preferences further identifying the different communication paradigm as an alternative to the communication paradigm; accessing link quality information associated with the communication paradigm; and switching communication, using a processor at the communication server, from the communication paradigm to the different communication paradigm based on the link quality information, wherein a policy defines a threshold and the link quality information further comprises a signal-to-noise ratio, and wherein communication is switched from the communication paradigm to the different communication paradigm when the signal-to-noise ratio exceeds the threshold.