Adaptive channel access scheme
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1. A method for accessing a radio communication system having a plurality of radios, comprising the steps of:
- (a) separating the plurality of radios into two or more groups, wherein each group of radios are arranged to communicate over different communication channels;
(b) gathering a communication connection statistic on the plurality of radios;
(c) determining whether the two or more groups should be reconfigured based on the gathered communication statistics; and
(d) when a determination is made that the two or more groups should be reconfigured to allow a reduction in collisions on a communication channel, reconfiguring the grouping of radios based on the communication connection statistics gathered in step (b), wherein the communications connection statistics are used to determine the reconfigured radio groupings and wherein each of the reconfigured radio groupings are arranged to share different respective communication channels without removing radios from the system and without reducing the number of channels used amongst the groups.
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Abstract
An adaptive channel access scheme allows for statistics that are collected to be used to group radio users into subgroups according to the desired statistic. The subgroups then utilize channels, separated by time or frequency, to access the communication system (100). The sub-grouping of the radio users is designed to help minimize the chances of channel-access collisions from occurring.
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1. A method for accessing a radio communication system having a plurality of radios, comprising the steps of:
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(a) separating the plurality of radios into two or more groups, wherein each group of radios are arranged to communicate over different communication channels; (b) gathering a communication connection statistic on the plurality of radios; (c) determining whether the two or more groups should be reconfigured based on the gathered communication statistics; and (d) when a determination is made that the two or more groups should be reconfigured to allow a reduction in collisions on a communication channel, reconfiguring the grouping of radios based on the communication connection statistics gathered in step (b), wherein the communications connection statistics are used to determine the reconfigured radio groupings and wherein each of the reconfigured radio groupings are arranged to share different respective communication channels without removing radios from the system and without reducing the number of channels used amongst the groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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