SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION
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1. A communication system comprising:
- one or more base stations;
a plurality of remotely located terminal units;
the base stations and the remotely located units comprising means for transmitting and receiving data over communication links;
the communication links being operative between any combination of one or more base stations and zero or more terminal units;
a communication manager that is configured to define and manage said communication links;
characterised in thatthe communication manager comprises means for adjusting the latency of any communication link, such that the data transfer rate and latency is guaranteed for at least one of the communication links; and
the communication system further comprises means for increasing the number of communication links without impacting the data transfer rate, latency guarantee or spectral efficiency of the communication links.
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Abstract
A communication system for communication between one or more terminal units includes: a communication manager that is configured to define and manage one or more adjustable communication links for efficient bandwidth utilization, wherein the one or more communication links are adjustable by the communication manager adjusting the bandwidth of each of the one or more communication links, the frequency bands utilized by each of the one or more communication links, and the latency for each of the one or more communication links.
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1. A communication system comprising:
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one or more base stations; a plurality of remotely located terminal units; the base stations and the remotely located units comprising means for transmitting and receiving data over communication links; the communication links being operative between any combination of one or more base stations and zero or more terminal units; a communication manager that is configured to define and manage said communication links; characterised in that the communication manager comprises means for adjusting the latency of any communication link, such that the data transfer rate and latency is guaranteed for at least one of the communication links; and the communication system further comprises means for increasing the number of communication links without impacting the data transfer rate, latency guarantee or spectral efficiency of the communication links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A communication system or method as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings.
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