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Communications system and associated method for improving the service quality thereof

US6978140B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Kurt Aretz · Isselburg, DE
Edgar Bolinth · Rheydt, DE
Wolfgang Groting · Oberhausen, DE
Ralf Kern · Bocholt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2000
Grant date	Dec 20, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W16/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system and associated method are provided, wherein a quality of service is detected in the communication system, coordination reorganization is performed in order to reorganize coordination functionalities for available stations in the communication system, the previous two steps are repeated for various coordination organizations in the communication system, the various qualities of service detected in the various coordination organizations are analyzed, and a coordination organization is selected on the basis of this analysis, whereupon communication is affected with an external communication system which uses the same transmission medium as the communication system.

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