Patent ID: 7532610
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating a structured adaptive frequency hopping sequence for use in frequency channel communications over a time division multiplexed wireless communication link, the structured adaptive frequency hopping sequence including a first group of frequencies that meet a predetermined qualification criterion and a second group of frequencies that fail to meet the predetermined qualification criterion, comprising: a partition sequence generator for providing first information indicative of time slots of the wireless communication link that use frequencies from the first group and time slots of the wireless communication link that use frequencies from the second group, said partition sequence generator including an input for receiving second information indicative of a characteristic of a communication protocol associated with the wireless communication link, said partition sequence generator for providing said first information based on said second information; and a frequency mapper coupled to said partition sequence generator and responsive to said first information for producing third information indicative of the structured adaptive frequency hopping sequence wherein the partition sequence generator provides the first information by determining a first bad window size and a last bad window size, the first bad window size being larger than the last bad window size.