Contention reducing technique for a radio frequency communication system
US5276911A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a cellular radiotelephone communication system, there is provided a method and apparatus for reducing contention between a plurality of mobile units requesting system resources comprising the steps of A) receiving access requests from at least one of the plurality of mobile units, B) determining the number of attempted access requests (access request count); and C) altering system resources as a function of the access request count in order to reduce the likelihood of contending mobile units. An alternative embodiment suggests deriving timing advance information as well as access request count, correlating the access request count to the timing advance information, and altering system resources as a function of the correlation in order to reduce the likelihood of contention. Yet another embodiment suggests that the mobile unit take independent action, based upon its access request count, in order to reduce the likelihood of contention.
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