Patent ID: 6842440

Claim:
A base station for wireless communication with a plurality of subscriber units, the base station communicating information signals from an originating source to a destination one of said subscriber units over a channel at an assigned one of a plurality of frequencies using repetitive time frames, each said time frame comprising a sequence of time slots, said channel being defined as having the same one or more of said time slots from said sequence of time slots in one or more of said time frames, said base station comprising: a central processing unit for assigning a duration of time for the information signals being sent to said destination subscriber unit, wherein said duration equals the duration of one or more time slots in the same frame, said central processing unit maintaining a memory of which time slots of each time frame have been assigned and providing said time slot assignment, and therefore said channel assignment, by consulting said memory; a multiplexer for multiplexing the information signals onto the assigned channel; and a transmitter for transmitting the information signals to said destination subscriber unit using the assigned channel.