Claims
- 1. A communication system comprising a local area network (116) connected to a plurality of base stations (118, 120), each base station (118) having a geographic area, defined as a cell, within which remote stations (128, 132, 136) are within reception range with said each base station, said each base station being capable of performing bidirectional communication over a shared communication media with one or more of said remote stations under control of a controller (110 ) connected to said local area network, said system comprising:(a) means in a given base station for sending a request to said controller for assignment by said controller of one of said network resources including a pool of radio frequency hopping patterns used for performing bidirectional radio communication between said base stations and said remote stations; and (b) means in said controller for selecting and assigning to said given base station of said network resources in response to said request.
- 2. The system of claim 1 wherein each said base station further comprises:(c) means for monitoring interference relative to its assigned frequency hopping pattern; (d) means for determining if frequency hopping pattern revision is necessary as the result of monitoring of interferences; and (e) means for requesting from said controller assignment of a new frequency hopping pattern if said revision is necessary.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/798,817 filed Feb. 12, 1997 U.S. Pat. No. 5,870,385 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/468,155 filed Jun. 6, 1995 U.S. Pat. No. 5,781,536.
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