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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Hamilton Webster Arnold, Neptune, NJ (US);
Li-Fung Chang, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Ravi Kumar Jain, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Kenneth White Leland, Middletown, NJ (US);
Robert Conrad Malkemes, Bricktown, NJ (US);
Joseph Frank Rizzo, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method for providing wireless access to a network, such as the internet. The disclosed technique takes into account the inherent asymmetric and bursty characteristics of internet communication to obtain more efficiency in the communication between a user and an access provider. In doing so, the invention provides a technique that can be used to economically provide wireless access to the internet at data rates that are comparable to what a user would receive over ISDN lines.