Arrangement for and method of providing radio frequency access to a switching system

A method of operating a communication system comprising the steps of

• at a first radio port group server,
• communicating over a facility to a first set of radio ports, with an information capacity which is shared among the first set of radio ports;
• at each radio port,
• communicating with one or more radio users over a radio link having an information capacity which does not exceed the information capacity;
• at a second radio port group server,
• communicating over said facility to one or more radio users assigned thereto at up to a second information capacity;
• and
• at a controller,
• communicating with the first set of radio ports and, responsive to a detected predetermined condition,
• changing an assignment of a first radio port from said first group server to said second group server such that said first radio port communicates with said second group server using an information capacity which does not exceed the second information capacity.

A method of operating a communication system comprising the steps of

• at a first radio port group server,
• communicating, at a predetermined information capacity, over a facility to a first set of radio ports, each radio port arranged to provide radio access to one or more members of a first set of radio users, identical information being radiated by all of the radio ports to the first set of radio users, and information radiated from each radio user in the first set being received by one or more of the radio ports of said first set, the predetermined information capacity being shared among the first set of radio users;
• at a second radio port group server,
• communicating with a second set of radio ports over said facility;
• and
• at a radio access controller,
• communicating with the first set of radio ports,
• monitoring and processing communication system load conditions and, in response to a predetermined load condition,
• dynamically changing an assignment of a first radio port from said first group server to said second group server.