| 摘要 |
<p>An access point for facilitating connection of one or more wireless user devices to a first communications channel and operable to allocate resources to said user devices, the access point comprising a user device authenticator for determining whether a user device is in possession of pre-determined user device authentication information for obtaining access to the first communications channel, the access point having first and second modes of operation, wherein in the first mode of operation, the entirety of said resources is available for use by all user devices and in the second mode of operation, a portion of the resources is reserved for user devices that are in possession of the device authentication information; the access point being configured to switch the mode of operation when one or more mode switch criteria are met, wherein one of the mode switch criteria is based on the current demand for resources.</p> |
