Dynamic allocation of communication resources
First Claim
1. In a resource controller, a method for dynamically allocating communications resources, the method comprising steps of:
- a) receiving a call request;
b) assigning a first control channel to the call request;
c) determining that there are no traffic channels available;
d) determining that there is at least one pending call request;
e) determining whether a second control channel, combinable with the first control channel, is available from an un-assigned group of control channels; and
f) assigning the first and the second control channels as an additional traffic channel to one of the at least one pending call request when the second control channel is available from the un-assigned group of control channels.
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Abstract
Responsive to a received call request, a resource controller (105) assigns a first control channel to the call request (302). When there are no traffic channels available and there is at least one pending call request (303-304), it is determined whether there is a second control channel, combinable with the first control channel, available from a group of un-assigned control channels (305). Alternatively, it is determined whether the second control channel is available from a group of assigned control channels (308). The second control channel, when available, is assigned along with the first control channel as an additional traffic to one of the pending call requests (307).
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12 Claims
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1. In a resource controller, a method for dynamically allocating communications resources, the method comprising steps of:
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a) receiving a call request; b) assigning a first control channel to the call request; c) determining that there are no traffic channels available; d) determining that there is at least one pending call request; e) determining whether a second control channel, combinable with the first control channel, is available from an un-assigned group of control channels; and f) assigning the first and the second control channels as an additional traffic channel to one of the at least one pending call request when the second control channel is available from the un-assigned group of control channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a wireless communication system that includes a plurality of communication units and a resource controller that allocates a plurality of communications resources among the plurality of communication units, the plurality of communications resources being dynamically configurable as control channels and traffic channels, a method for establishing a communication, the method comprising steps of:
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a) transmitting, by a communication unit of the plurality of communication units, a call request; b) receiving, by the resource controller, the call request; c) assigning, by the resource controller, a first control channel to the call request; d) determining, by the resource controller, that there are no traffic channels available; e) determining, by the resource controller, that there is at least one pending call request;
anotherf) determining, by the resource controller, whether a second control channel, combinable with the first control channel, is available from an un-assigned group of control channels; g) assigning, by the resource controller, the first and the second control channels as an additional traffic channel to one of the at least one pending call request when the second control channel is available from the un-assigned group of control channels; and h) communicating, by an other communication unit of the plurality of communication units corresponding to the one of the at least one pending call reguest, via the additional traffic channel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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