Methods of adaptive channel access attempts
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsKarl A. Reardon, Bud Fraser
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Abstract
In a data communication system (100) including infrastructure (101) arranged to communicate with a plurality of terminals (103) over a channel (109), a method of adaptable channel access practiced at a terminal (103) including determining an access priority value (303), responsive thereto ascertaining when the channel is available (305), and then executing a channel access attempt (307). The access priority value is determined with information received by the terminal or information available to the terminal.
Claims12
In a data communication system including infrastructure arranged to communicate with a plurality of terminals over a channel, a method of adaptable channel access practiced at a terminal comprising the steps of:
- determining an access priority value;
- ascertaining a random time, responsive to said access priority value;
- testing whether said channel is available;
- if said channel is not available, waiting for said random time to expire and repeating said step of testing;
- and
- executing, responsive to said step of testing, a channel access attempt when said channel is available.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.