Patent ID: 7180903

Claim:
A method for communication using a plurality of time slots within a frequency spectrum, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a fast frequency hopping traffic channel between a first and a second communication unit, the fast frequency hopping traffic channel having a set of the plurality of time slots and a first set of hop carrier frequencies within the frequency spectrum; and establishing a slow frequency hopping traffic channel between a third and a fourth communication unit, the slow frequency hopping traffic channel having a second set of hop carrier frequencies within the frequency spectrum, wherein the step of establishing the slow frequency hopping traffic channel further comprises the step of establishing an initial location of the slow frequency hopping traffic channel according to a slow hop sequence, wherein the step of establishing the slow frequency hopping traffic channel further includes the steps of: determining that a time interval associated with the slow hop sequence has expired; and adapting a location of the slow frequency hopping traffic channel according to the slow hop sequence responsive to the expiration of the time interval.