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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2000
Applicants:

Chih-yuan Chang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jenwei Liang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Huei-ming Steve Yang, Redwood City, CA (US);

Yee-hsiang Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Francis James Smith, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chih-Yuan Chang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jenwei Liang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Huei-ming Steve Yang, Redwood City, CA (US);

Yee-Hsiang Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Francis James Smith, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/43 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A high speed wireless network for the access market where a scheduling algorithm adjusts the ratio of two contention modes used to allocate bandwidth from the Hub. The two contention modes, request and grant mode and contention mode, are utilized so that contention is greater when the system is lightly loaded and seamlessly decreases as the system becomes heavily loaded.


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