Method of reconfiguring a distributed communication system using allocation loading level

In a distributed communication system that includes a plurality of repeaters for facilitating communications throughout the distributed communication system, at least two of the plurality of repeaters constituting active masters responsible for allocating a plurality of communication resources, the plurality of repeaters being coupled via a local area network (LAN), a method of reconfiguring the distributed communication system, the method comprising:

• identifying the at least two of the plurality of repeaters, to produce an identified first active master and an identified second active master;
• at the identified first and second active master, providing status information indicative of its present resource allocation loading level;
• comparing, at a detecting one of the identified first active master and the identified second active master, received status information with status information generated by the detecting active master;
• and
• selecting, using at least the status information, from among the identified first and second active master, an active master having a favorable present resource allocation loading level.