Patent ID: 8773986

Claim:
A method for use in a communications system, the communications system including a plurality of first communication devices communicatively coupled to a second communication device via a single channel, the single channel being configured to allow transmission of data from the plurality of first communication devices to the second communication device using different data codes from among a plurality of data codes, comprising: monitoring, by the second communication device, first and second characteristics respectively associated with first and second devices from among the plurality of first communication devices; assigning, by the second communication device, first and second data codes, from among the plurality of data codes to the first and the second devices according to the first and the second characteristics, the first and the second data codes being different with respect to each other and being respectively associated with first and second parameters; receiving, by the second communication device, a first data transmission over the single channel from the first device in accordance with the first parameter and a second data transmission over the single channel from the second device in accordance with the second parameter; and updating, by the second communication device, the first data code with a third data code from among the plurality of data codes when a variation is detected in the first characteristic.