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Co-location negotiation scheme for wireless computer networks

  • US 6,480,506 B1
  • Filed: 04/15/1999
  • Issued: 11/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of allocating bandwidth within a common wireless communication channel between multiple independent computer networks operating in a common area, the method comprising:

  • receiving requests to access the common wireless communication channel from multiple independent computer networks; and

    assigning responsibility for managing the common wireless communication channel to one of the independent computer networks, wherein the one of the independent computer networks assigned responsibility for managing the common wireless communication channel assigns a portion of the total bandwidth within the common wireless communication channel to intra-network communication in each of the independent computer networks.

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