Patent ID: 6845087

Claim:
A method for providing an expandable wireless communication network including users capable of supporting a link to a hub, and hubs capable of supporting multiple links between users, the method comprising: establishing a source node transmit window and a source node receive window; selecting a first assignable CDMA spreading code for use in a first communication link; transmitting from a source node during the source node transmit window a reservation channel carrying the first assignable CDMA spreading code; detecting a handshaking response at the source node during the source node receive window; in response to a successful handshake, selecting a second assignable CDMA spreading code for use in a second communication link; and transmitting from the source node during the source node transmit window the reservation channel carrying the second assignable CDMA spreading code, wherein the establishing step comprises establishing source node transmit and source node receive windows unequal in duration.