COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STATIONS FOR USE THEREIN, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A communication system (50) comprises a first station (100), and a plurality of second stations (200). Each second station (200) transmits a first indication of one or more transmission formats currently available for reception by it, and one or more of the second stations (200) transmit a second indication of a transmission format to be vetoed. The first station (100) receives the indications and uses the first and second indications to select a transmission format, where the selection is made from those transmission formats that are available to all second stations (200) and those available to only a sub-set of the second stations (200), and excludes each vetoed transmission format. The first station (100) then transmits data using the selected transmission format. The data is received by one or more of the second stations (200) and forwarded to a destination (400). ® KIPO & WIPO 2007