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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Shawn W. Hogberg, Chandler, AZ (US);
Thomas P. Emmons, Jr., Mesa, AZ (US);
Robert Peters, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Shawn W. Hogberg, Chandler, AZ (US);
Thomas P. Emmons, Jr., Mesa, AZ (US);
Robert Peters, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communications platform () assigns communication channels () to users based on a power level associated with the individual users. An available bandwidth for use by the communications platform () in segmented into a number of sub-bands using a bank of filters (). A number of independent communication channels () are then provided within each of the sub-bands using an appropriate multiple access scheme (e.g., code division multiple access). A power range is then specified for each of the sub-bands. When a communication connection is to be established, a power level associated with the connection is determined. One or more sub-bands are then identified that have power ranges encompassing the determined power level. A channel is then assigned to the communication connection from one of the identified sub-bands.