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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Christoph Herrmann, Aachen, DE;
Josef Wasel, Bedburg, DE;
Christoph Herrmann, Aachen, DE;
Josef Wasel, Bedburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a wireless network comprising a radio network controller () and a plurality of assigned terminals (to) for exchanging useful data and control data, which terminals respectively have a buffer for buffering data packets to be transmitted to the radio network controller () via a contention channel, and a measuring device for measuring the occupancy level of at least one buffer. A terminal (to) is provided for transmitting a signaling sequence at a start time respectively predefined by the radio network controller () when an occupancy threshold of a buffer or various buffers is exceeded. The radio network controller () includes a device for correlating a signaling sequence sent by a terminal (to) and for detecting the pulse developed from a received and correlated signaling sequence. After a signaling sequence assigned to a terminal (to) has been detected, the radio network controller () sends an indication to the terminal (to) that the data packets are further transmitted over a channel assigned only to the terminal (to).