A Demand Assignment System For Mobile Users in a Community of Interest

This paper presents a high performance wireless system for interconnecting mobile users in a community of interest. Channel and time slot assignments are made on user demand, while the switch operations are controlled by a scheduling algorithm which is designed to maximize utilization of system resources and optimize performance. User time slot requests and assignments are carried over a low capacity control channel, while user information is sent over the traffic channels. Channel and time slots are assigned on frame-by-frame basis. The system provides integration of voice and data traffic which is extended in both access channel and switching equipment