Patent ID: 7701908

Claim:
A method of mapping channels in wireless communications, comprising: determining by a transmitter bit error rates on potential channels to be used in a frequency hopping communication system; determining by a transmitter if data to be transmitted is isochronous data or non-isochronous data; determining by a transmitter whether an amount of the isochronous data exceeds a capacity of high quality channels having lower bit error rates than others of the potential channels; mapping by a transmitter data to the channels such that the isochronous data is mapped to the high quality channels having lower bit error rates than others of the potential channels; mapping by a transmitter data to the channels such that the non-isochronous data is mapped to the low quality channels having higher bit error rates than others of the potential channels; and if the amount of the isochronous data exceeds the capacity, applying by a transmitter forward error correction to a portion of the isochronous data and mapping the portion of the isochronous data to channels having higher bit error rates than others of the potential channels.