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Floor control in a communication system

  • US 8,531,993 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2008
  • Issued: 09/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implementing floor control in a communications system, comprising:

  • receiving a random symbol from each of a plurality of mobile stations, wherein the random symbol was generated via a random symbol generator within each of the plurality of mobile stations;

    receiving a priority from each of the plurality of mobile stations;

    from the plurality of random symbols, identifying a random symbol that satisfies a criteria; and

    identifying a priority level associated with the random symbol,in response to receiving the plurality of random symbols from the mobile stations and the identified priority, each of the plurality of mobile stations determining a floor owner from a selected one of the mobile stations from which the identified random symbol was received by implicitly determining the floor owner from the received random number.

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