Abstract: A device and method for exchanging information between an ultra wideband device and a bridge over a wireless medium. The ultra wideband device determines expected downstream transmission parameters; requests the bridge to allocate multiple downstream timeslots in response to the expected downstream transmission parameters; receives downstream timeslot acknowledgement information indicative of downstream timeslots assigned for a transmission of downstream information to the device; and receives downstream information during the assigned downstream timeslots.

Abstract: A method for initializing a VITERBI mechanism is provided. The general environment in which such a method is implicated is a state matrix which includes a plurality of stages, each of the stages including a plurality of potential states, having a VITERBI mechanism for analyzing a received signal, wherein the received signal defines a trail of states. The trail of states includes a single state at each of the stages and the signal includes a predetermined initial state. The VITERBI mechanism detects the trail.