Medium access control and air interface subsystem for an indoor wireless ATM network

In a digital communication network comprising at least one base station and at least one endpoint, a system for delivering digital packets between said at least one endpoint and said at least one base station, said system comprising:

• transporting means for wirelessly transmitting and receiving said digital packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point;
• a link cell for linking said at least one base station and said at least one end point, said link cell containing a header portion, a body portion and a token, said header portion contains a radioport id which is a logical id assigned such that each radio-port in a vicinity has a unique id;
• wherein said transporting means is responsive to said link cell for coordinating transfer of said digital packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point and said token is utilized to allocate a selected channel from a plurality of channels.

In a digital communication network comprising at least one base station and at least one endpoint, a system for delivering digital packets between said at least one endpoint and said at least one base station, said system comprising:

• transporting means for wirelessly transmitting and receiving said digital packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point;
• a link cell for linking said at least one base station and said at least one end point, said link cell containing a header portion and a body portion, said header portion containing a token, said token enabling said transporting means for wirelessly transporting over a selected channel said packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point, and said header portion contains a second token, said second token is indicative of a number of packetized data cells queued for transporting;
• wherein said transporting means is responsive to said link cell for coordinating transfer of said digital packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point.

In a digital communication network comprising at least one base station and at least one endpoint, a system for delivering data packets between said at least one endpoint and said at least one base station, said system comprising:

• transporting means for wirelessly transmitting and receiving said data packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point;
• a link cell for linking said at least one base station and said at least one end point, said link cell containing a header portion and a body portion, said header portion containing a forward error correction code, a radioport id and a token, said forward error correction code providing error detection and error correction that relies solely on a one-way communication of data bits from a sender to a receiver, said radioport id is a logical id assigned such that each radio-port in a vicinity has a unique id, and said token enabling said transporting means for wirelessly transporting over a selected channel said data packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point said token is utilized to allocate said selected channel from a plurality of channels;
• wherein said transporting means is responsive to said link cell for coordinating transfer of said data packets between said at least one base station and said at least one end point.