Patent ID: 6973117

Claim:
A method of controlling frequency hopping wireless communications between first and second frequency hopping wireless communication devices, comprising: determining by the first device that a first frequency of a predetermined frequency hopping pattern associated with transmissions by the second device is better than a second frequency of the predetermined frequency hopping pattern for transmission of a selected communication from the second device to the first device via a wireless communication link, wherein the second frequency is specified by the predetermined frequency hopping pattern for the selected communication and the first frequency is specified by the predetermined frequency hopping pattern for communication from the second device to the first device that most closely precedes in time the selected communication; responsive to said determining step, instructing the second device by the first device via the wireless communication link to deviate from the predetermined frequency hopping pattern and use the first frequency for transmission of the selected communication instead of the second frequency; and responsive to said instructing step, transmitting the selected communication on the first frequency by the second device via the wireless communication link.