Communication system and operating method thereof
First Claim
1. A communication system having a communication resource for supporting communications on a plurality of channels having channel bandwidths in a radio frequency (RF) domain, the plurality of channels capable of supporting a plurality of differing services, the system comprising:
- means for determining a demand on the communication resource;
means for dynamically modifying a bandwidth in the RF domain of at least one channel of the plurality of channels in response to the demand, said means for dynamically modifying being arranged to modify the bandwidth to bias the communication resource with respect to a relative hierarchy that exists between ongoing communications; and
means for storing hierarchy information defining a relative hierarchy within communication devices of the communication system, and wherein the means for dynamically modifying the bandwidth modifies the bandwidth of at least one channel to bias the communication resource to support an operating capability of a first communication device having a hierarchy relatively high to that of a second communication device having a relatively lower hierarchy in the communication system;
wherein a bandwidth allocated to the second communication device is reduced, and further wherein services of greater importance in relaying information to the second communication device are maintained above ancillary services that are complementary to the relaying of such information.
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Abstract
A communication system (28), comprises a master device (44) and slave device (30). Consequential to negotiations within the system (28) and having regard to system capacity and a relative hierarchy that exists between on-going communications, a bandwidth used for an on-going communication between the master device (44) and the slave device (30) is modified in proportion to a substantially instantaneous data rate requirement of the communication. As such, the system allows fluctuations in the amount of information, transmitted in a fixed time through an optimization of an available and dynamically varying bandwidth, while biasing the communication resource in relation to the relative hierarchy.
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16 Claims
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1. A communication system having a communication resource for supporting communications on a plurality of channels having channel bandwidths in a radio frequency (RF) domain, the plurality of channels capable of supporting a plurality of differing services, the system comprising:
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means for determining a demand on the communication resource; means for dynamically modifying a bandwidth in the RF domain of at least one channel of the plurality of channels in response to the demand, said means for dynamically modifying being arranged to modify the bandwidth to bias the communication resource with respect to a relative hierarchy that exists between ongoing communications; and means for storing hierarchy information defining a relative hierarchy within communication devices of the communication system, and wherein the means for dynamically modifying the bandwidth modifies the bandwidth of at least one channel to bias the communication resource to support an operating capability of a first communication device having a hierarchy relatively high to that of a second communication device having a relatively lower hierarchy in the communication system; wherein a bandwidth allocated to the second communication device is reduced, and further wherein services of greater importance in relaying information to the second communication device are maintained above ancillary services that are complementary to the relaying of such information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for distributing a communication resource of a communication system into a plurality of channels, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a demand on the communication resource; dynamically modifying a bandwidth in a radio frequency domain of at least one channel of the plurality of channels in response to the demand, thereby dynamically varying an amount of information provided on the at least one channel in a fixed time; modifying the bandwidth to bias the communication resource in relation to a relative hierarchy that exists between on-going communications; storing hierarchy information defining a relative hierarchy within communication devices of the communication system; biasing the communication resource to support an operating capability of a first communication device having a hierarchy relatively high to that of a second communication device having a relatively lower hierarchy in the communication system; and maintaining services of greater importance in relaying information to the second communication device above ancillary services that are complementary to the relaying of such information, wherein a bandwidth allocated to the second communication device is reduced.
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11. A communication system having a communication resource for supporting communications on a plurality of channels having channel bandwidths in a radio frequency (RF) domain, the plurality of channels capable of supporting a plurality of differing services, the system comprising:
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means for determining a demand on the communication resource; means for dynamically modifying a bandwidth in the RF domain of at least one channel of the plurality of channels in response to the demand, said means for dynamically modifying being arranged to modify the bandwidth to bias the communication resource with respect to a relative hierarchy that exists between ongoing communications, wherein the means for dynamically modifying the bandwidth further comprises means for assigning a central channel frequency for the at least one channel of the plurality of channels; and means for storing hierarchy information defining a relative hierarchy within communication devices of the communication system, and wherein the means for dynamically modifying the bandwidth modifies the bandwidth of at least one channel to bias the communication resource to support an operating capability of a first communication device having a hierarchy relatively high to that of a second communication device having a relatively lower hierarchy in the communication system, wherein a bandwidth allocated to the second communication device is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for distributing a communication resource of a communication system into a plurality of channels, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a demand on the communication resource; dynamically modifying a bandwidth in a radio frequency domain of at least one channel of the plurality of channels in response to the demand, thereby dynamically varying an amount of information provided on the at least one channel in a fixed time, wherein the step of dynamically modifying includes the step of assigning a central channel frequency for the at least one channel of the plurality of channels; modifying the bandwidth to bias the communication resource in relation to a relative hierarchy that exists between on-going communications; storing hierarchy information defining a relative hierarchy within communication devices of the communication system; and biasing the communication resource to support an operating capability of a first communication device having a hierarchy relatively high to that of a second communication device having a relatively lower hierarchy in the communication system, wherein a bandwidth allocated to the second communication device is reduced.
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