초록

In a system, method, and apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, traffic on a basic access channel and a reserved access channel is managed to maximize use of the basic access channel while minimizing delays.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: receiving channel observation information; computing at least one parameter for distributed control, said at least one parameter for distributed control including at least one distribution parameter, and said computing being based at least in part on said

What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: receiving channel observation information; computing at least one parameter for distributed control, said at least one parameter for distributed control including at least one distribution parameter, and said computing being based at least in part on said channel observation information; and transmitting said at least one parameter for distributed control, wherein said at least one distribution parameter relates to a restriction on traffic over a basic access channel, said restriction being based at least in part on message length, and wherein said distribution parameter relates to distributing traffic among at least said basic access channel and a reserved access channel. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said channel observation information relates at least in part to activity on said basic access channel. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a time dimension of said basic access channel is divided into a series of adjacent and nonoverlapping slots, and wherein said channel observation information relates at least in part to activity on said basic access channel during a predetermined one of said slots. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one parameter for distributed control includes at least one persistence parameter, wherein said persistence parameter relates to retransmission of messages. 5. A node interface transmitter configured and arranged to transmit at least one parameter for distributed control to at least one among a plurality of nodes, wherein said at least one parameter for distributed control includes at least one distribution parameter and said at least one parameter for distributed control is based at least in part on channel observation information, and wherein said at least one distribution parameter relates to a restriction on traffic over a basic access channel, said restriction being based at least in part on message length, and wherein said distribution parameter relates to distributing traffic among at least said basic access channel and a reserved access channel. 6. The node interface transmitter according to claim 5, wherein said channel observation information relates at least in part to activity on said basic access channel. 7. The node interface transmitter according to claim 5, wherein a time dimension of said basic access channel is divided into a series of adjacent and nonoverlapping slots, and wherein said channel observation information relates at least in part to activity on said basic access channel during a predetermined one of said slots. 8. The node interface transmitter according to claim 5, wherein said at least one parameter for distributed control includes at least one persistence parameter, wherein said persistence parameter relates to retransmission of messages. 9. A system comprising: a node interface transmitter to transmit at least one parameter for distributed control to at least one among a plurality of nodes, wherein said at least one parameter for distributed control includes at least one distribution parameter; and a node interface receiver to receive messages from at least one among the plurality of nodes over at least a basic access channel, wherein said at least one parameter for distributed control is based at least in part on channel observation information, and said channel observation information relates at least in part to said basic access channel, and wherein said at least one distribution parameter relates to a restriction on traffic over said basic access channel, said restriction being based at least in part on message length, and wherein said distribution parameter relates to distributing traffic among at least said basic access channel and a reserved access channel. 10. The system according to claim 9, wherein said channel observation information relates at least in part to activity on said basic access channel. 11. The system according to claim 9, wherein a time dimension of said basic access channel is divided into a series of adjacent and nonoverlapping slots, and wherein said channel observation information relates at least in part to activity on said basic access channel during a predetermined one of said slots. 12. The system according to claim 9, wherein said at least one parameter for distributed control includes at least one persistence parameter, wherein said persistence parameter relates to retransmission of messages. 13. A method comprising: receiving at least one distribution and one persistence parameter; receiving at least one characteristic of a message; choosing one among at least a basic access channel and a reserved access channel, said choosing being based at least in part on a relation between said at least one characteristic and said at least one distribution parameter; transmitting said message over said chosen channel; and retransmitting said message, wherein said retransmitting occurs at least in part according to said at least one persistence parameter. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said at least one characteristic relates to at least a length of said message. 15. The method according to claim 13, said method further comprising generating at least one random number, wherein said retransmitting occurs at least in part according to a relation between said at least one random number and said at least one persistence parameter. 16. An apparatus comprising: a transmitter to transmit a message over one among a basic access channel and a reserved access channel; a receiver to receive at least one distribution parameter; and a processor to receive at least one characteristic of a message, wherein said processor further chooses one among at least said basic access channel and said reserved access channel, said choice based at least in part on a relation between said at least one characteristic and said at least one distribution parameter, and wherein said transmitter further transmits said message at least in part according to said choice; and wherein said receiver further receives at least one persistence parameter and said processor further causes said transmitter to retransmit said message at least in part according to said at least one persistence parameter. 17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said at least one characteristic relates to at least a length of said message. 18. The apparatus according to claim 16, said processor further generates at least one random number, wherein said processor further causes said transmitter to retransmit said message at least in part according to a relation between said at least one random number and said at least one persistence parameter.