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A base station utilizing a dormant polling protocol transmits polling sequences to a plurality of remote transceivers during periods of heavy loading. During periods of light loading, the base station stops polling and enters into a dormant state, listening for communication request from the remote

A base station utilizing a dormant polling protocol transmits polling sequences to a plurality of remote transceivers during periods of heavy loading. During periods of light loading, the base station stops polling and enters into a dormant state, listening for communication request from the remote transceivers. Upon receiving such a request, the base station immediately responds by servicing the requesting remote transceiver. In this way, the base station provides optimized utilization of the communication channel during periods of heavy and light loading conditions. The features of the dormant polling protocol may incorporate any polling protocol such as those described herein.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In a radio frequency data communication network having a base station and a plurality of computing devices that comprises a plurality of roaming transceivers that are battery powered, wherein the base station supports communication among the plurality of computing devices

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In a radio frequency data communication network having a base station and a plurality of computing devices that comprises a plurality of roaming transceivers that are battery powered, wherein the base station supports communication among the plurality of computing devices within a premises, a method comprising:evaluating, by the base station, current communication channel conditions;dynamically selecting, by the base station, either a polling protocol or a carrier sense protocol based on the evaluation; anddynamically selecting, by the plurality of roaming transceivers, the carrier sense protocol after determining through monitoring the communication channel that the polling protocol is not in use.