Patent ID: 7027418
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting communications channels for a communications system, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: selecting, based upon performance of a plurality of communications channels at a first time and channel selection criteria, a first set of two or more communications channels from the plurality of communications channels; selecting, based upon performance of the plurality of communications channels at a second time that is later than the first time and the channel selection criteria, a second set of two or more communications channels from the plurality of communications channels; wherein the communications system is a frequency hopping communications system and the plurality of communications channels correspond to a set of frequencies to be used based on a hopping sequence according to a frequency hopping protocol; and wherein at each hop in the hopping sequence, only one communications channel is used for communications between a pair of participants.