METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCALLY MANAGED ALLOCATION OF BANDWIDTH IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

A method for allocating bandwidth in a wireless network includes communicating wirelessly with at least one endpoint using a first frequency bandwidth. The method may also include receiving a measurement of a signal quality from the at least one endpoint. The method may further include determining a second frequency bandwidth based on the signal quality and a cost per unit of frequency bandwidth, wherein the second frequency bandwidth indicates an amount of frequency bandwidth to use in communicating wirelessly with the at least one endpoint. The method may additionally include communicating wirelessly with the at least one endpoint using the second frequency bandwidth.