METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE USE OF SHARED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND DEDICATED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method for optimizing the use of at least one shared communication channel and at least one dedicated communication channel in a communication system. First, communication of a first plurality of communication traffic is allocated to a dedicated communication channel. Similarly, communication of a second plurality of communication traffic is allocated to a shared communication channel. Next, a change is detected in one or more channel performance metrics of the shared communication channel. When the detected change is a degradation in the one or more channel performance metrics of the shared communication channel, communication of at least one of the second plurality of communication traffic is re-allocated to the dedicated communication channel. When the detected change is an improvement in one or more channel performance metrics of the shared communication channel, communication of at least one of the first plurality of communication traffic is re-allocated to the shared communication channel.