Patent ID: 6212242
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
A frequency hopping method for transmitting a communication signal generated at a communication station upon selected communication channels of a set of communication channels, said communication signal comprising a plurality of bursts, said method comprising the steps of:selecting a first antenna from a set of antennas for a first burst;determining a first frequency for said first burst;transducing said first burst via only said first antenna and at said first frequency;selecting a second antenna from said set of antennas for a second burst based, at least in part, on said first antenna;determining a second frequency for said second burst based, at least in part, on said first frequency;transducing said second burst via only said second antenna and at said second frequency; andwherein said steps of selecting a second antenna and determining a second frequency are further based, at least in part, on a history of antennas of said set of, antennas and a history of frequencies via which and at which, respectively, said communication signal has previously been transduced.