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A method by which substations in a multiple access communication system, such as a mobile radio system, may access the base station. Access is determined by the base station in accordance with any of a plurality of operating modes during successive message time frames, the particular mode being dete

A method by which substations in a multiple access communication system, such as a mobile radio system, may access the base station. Access is determined by the base station in accordance with any of a plurality of operating modes during successive message time frames, the particular mode being determined by the base station from an estimate of prevailing traffic conditions. The selected operating mode during any frame is signified by a code and parameters transmitted by the base station in an Aloha invitation message which establishes such mode and the dynamic operation of the substations in that mode. The operating modes include a light traffic mode, a dynamic frame-length mode, a hybrid mode in which subsets of the population of the substations are formed, and a polling mode.

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A method by which a plurality of substations in a multiple access communications system may access a base station by transmitting requests for access to the base station in time frames signified by an Aloha invitation message transmitted by the base station to the substations, such method comprising

A method by which a plurality of substations in a multiple access communications system may access a base station by transmitting requests for access to the base station in time frames signified by an Aloha invitation message transmitted by the base station to the substations, such method comprising: selection by the base station of any of a plurality of modes of operation of said system during each time frame, such selection being determined in accordance with prevailing traffic conditions in the system; one of said modes being a dynamic frame-length mode in which there is a predetermined maximum number of time slots in each frame, and each substation transmits a request in only one time slot in any frame; another of said modes being a hybrid mode in which the base station forms subsets of the population of substations and assigns respective dynamic frame-length modes to respective ones of said subsets; and transmission by the base Station in the Aloha invitation message of an operating code signifying the selected mode of operation during each frame.