Patent ID: 7362817

Claim:
A method for operating a piconet operable device, the method comprising: receiving a signal that includes a first symbol; detecting an energy of the first symbol; comparing the energy of the first symbol to a predetermined energy; determining whether a difference between the energy of the first symbol and the predetermined energy exceeds a threshold; when the difference exceeds the threshold, appropriately de-weighting the first symbol using a predetermined de-weighting factor and providing the de-weighted first symbol to a decoder; and when the difference does not exceed the threshold, providing the unmodified first symbol to the decoder; and wherein: the piconet operable device operates within a first piconet; before being received by the piconet operable device, the first symbol collides with a second symbol transmitted within a second piconet; and at least one of the first symbol and the second symbol is modulated using a frequency hopping time-frequency code sequence that employs a duty cycle of approximately one-half.