Adaptive resource allocation scheme for a fixed wireless access communications system

A wireless communications network comprising:

• a first station for transmitting on a channel/bearer of said network a communications signal;
• a second station for receiving said signal transmitted by said first station, said second station including a signal analyser for analysing said received signal to determine at least one received signal characteristic;
• a transmitter for transmitting from said second station to said first station a control signal conveying information relating to said at least one received signal transmission characteristic, said control signal being transmitted on a different channel/bearer as a data packet independent of network overhead signals, wherein following analysis of the received signal, the signal analyser determines whether the at least one transmission characteristic needs to be varied and, where it determines that said at least one transmission characteristic does not need to be varied, it prevents transmission of the control signal to the first station.

A receiving station for a wireless communications network including:

• a receiver for receiving a communications signal;
• a signal analyser for analysing a received signal and determining at least one received signal characteristic;
• a transmitter for transmitting to a station from which the communications signal was received a control signal conveying information relating to said at least one received signal characteristic, said control signal being transmitted on a different channel/bearer as a data packet independent of network overhead signals, wherein following analysis of the received signal, the signal analyser determines whether the at least one transmission characteristic needs to be varied, it prevents transmission of the control signal to the station from which the communications signal was received.