Dynamic reconfiguration of resources through page headers

A communications system, comprising:

• a server, including:
• one or more radio head interface modules;
• and
• a call processing software module, the one or more radio head interface modules adapted to communicate with the call processing software module;
• wherein the call processing software performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface protocols;
• and
• a radio head unit coupled to the radio head interface module over one or more transport mediums;
• wherein the radio head unit communicates with one or more subscriber units using the one or more air interface protocols;
• wherein the radio head interface module receives one or more pages of data samples from the call processing software module for one or more logical channels;
• wherein each of the one or more pages of data samples has a page header;
• wherein reconfiguration parameters are contained in the page header;
• wherein the radio head interface module reconfigures itself for one or more logical channels based on the reconfiguration parameters.

A radio head interface module, the module comprising:

• a transmit buffer, the transmit buffer adapted to receive a data stream from a call processing software module and store the data stream as a page of data samples having a page header;
• a transmit engine;
• a digital upconverter, the transmit engine adapted to transfer the page of data samples from the transmit buffer to the digital upconverter;
• a configuration management unit adapted to receive reconfiguration parameters from the call processing software module, wherein the reconfiguration parameters are included within the page header;
• and
• a memory adapted with digital upconverter parameters;
• wherein the configuration management unit is further adapted to access the memory to lookup associated digital upconverter parameters based on the reconfiguration parameters;
• wherein the configuration management unit is further adapted to output the associated parameters to the digital up converter.

A method for dynamic reconfiguration of resources, the method comprising:

• communicating channel reconfiguration parameters from a call processing software module to a radio head interface module;
• adding a header to a page of data samples;
• embedding channel reconfiguration parameters into the header;
• and
• sending the page of data samples and header to the radio head interface module.

A method for dynamic reconfiguration of resources, the method comprising:

• communicating channel information from a radio head interface module to a call processing software module;
• adding a header to a page of data samples;
• embedding information about a channel into the header;
• and
• sending the page of data samples and header to the call processing software module.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for dynamic reconfiguration of resources, the method comprising:

• communicating channel reconfiguration parameters from a call processing software module to a radio head interface module;
• adding a header to a page of data samples;
• embedding channel reconfiguration parameters into the header;
• and
• sending the page of data samples and header to the radio head interface module.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for dynamic reconfiguration of resources, the method comprising:

• communicating channel reconfiguration information from a call processing software module to a radio head interface module;
• receiving a page of data samples from a call processing software module;
• extracting channel reconfiguration parameters from a page header included in the page of data samples;
• and
• reconfiguring the channel based on the channel reconfiguration parameters.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for dynamic reconfiguration of resources, the method comprising:

• communicating channel information from a radio head interface module to a call processing software module;
• adding a header to a page of data samples;
• embedding information about a channel into the header;
• and
• sending the page of data samples and header to the call processing software module.

A communication system comprising:

• a software module;
• a radio head interface module;
• means for embedding channel reconfiguration parameters into a page header of a page of data samples;
• means for communicating the page of data samples and page header from the software module to the radio head interface module;
• means for extracting the channel reconfiguration parameters from the header;
• and
• means for reconfiguring a communications channel based on the channel reconfiguration parameters.

A method for dynamic reconfiguration of resources, the method comprising:

• communicating voice and data streams between a call processing software module and one or more radio head interface modules;
• modulating and demodulating voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards;
• receiving reconfiguration parameters for the one or more radio head interface modules;
• and
• communicate one or more pages of data between the call processing software module and the one or more radio head interface modules, each of the one or more pages of data samples having a page header, wherein the reconfiguration parameters are contained in the page header.

A communications system, the system comprising:

• a radio head interface module;
• means for modulating and demodulating voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards;
• means for communicating voice and data streams with the radio head interface module;
• and
• means for communicating reconfiguration parameters with the radio head interface module, wherein the reconfiguration parameters are contained in a page header of a page of data samples.