Patent ID: 7564823

Claim:
Apparatus for a first communication station operable to communicate data in a frequency-hopping communication scheme that utilizes-mobile allocation index offset, said apparatus comprising: an analyzer adapted to receive an indication of a characteristic of the data that is to be communicated by the first communication station, said analyzer configured to analyze communication requirements required for communication of the data; a resource allocator adapted to receive an indication of the analysis made by said analyzer, said resource allocator configured to dynamically allocate concurrently, a plurality of different resources formed of time slot and MAIO (mobile allocation index offset) combinations, in a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame, using a plurality of mobile allocation index offsets for communication of the data; and a wideband radio frequency element adapted to receive an indication of allocation made by said resource allocator, said wideband radio frequency element operable across a plurality of radio carriers, and said wideband radio frequency element configured to operate in conformity with the resource allocation made by said resource allocator to transmit data across the plurality of the radio carriers.