Methods and apparatus for dynamically assigning time slots in a wireless communication system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6801513
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09597044

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A wireless communication system having a base unit and a plurality of remote transceiver units utilizes a dynamic time slot assignment scheme for channel access. The base unit receives and processes a channel access request message from a remote transceiver unit and prepares a channel measurement request message in response. If an M.sup.th time slot of a time frame is available, the base unit sends this message in the M.sup.th time slot and receives a message having channel measurement data in the M.sup.th time slot of the next time frame. On the other hand, if the M.sup.th time slot of the time frame is already reserved, the base unit sends the message in an N.sup.th time slot of the time frame and receives a message having the channel measurement data in the N.sup.th time slot of the next time frame. The base unit selects, based on the channel measurement data, an appropriate channel for communication for the remote transceiver unit, Continuing with use of the dynamic slot assignment, the base unit sends a message having a channel identifier associated with the selected channel and receives an acknowledgement from the remote transceiver unit in response.

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CLEAR WIRELESS LLC6200 SPRINT PARKWAY OVERLAND PARK KS 66211
CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC6200 SPRINT PARKWAY OVERLAND PARK KS 66211

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gibbons, David B Redmond, WA 32 1741
Gormley, Eamonn Seattle, WA 95 7001
Hong, Liang A Redmond, WA 23 570
Hoole, Elliott Redmond, WA 73 2380
Moinzadeh, Kamyar Renton, WA 39 1388

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