Patent ID: 7395061

Claim:
A system comprising: a fixed unit having a fixed transceiver; a portable unit having a first portable transceiver, wherein the first portable transceiver is configured to communicate using a first FH-TDMA system with the fixed transceiver via a first RF link in a first frequency range; a second portable transceiver different from the first portable transceiver and arranged in the portable unit, wherein the second portable transceiver is configured to communicate using a second FH-TDMA system with a headset via a second RF link in a second frequency range similar to the first frequency range; and a processor coupled to one or more of the fixed transceiver, the first portable transceiver, and the second portable transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to avoid interference between the first RF link and the second RF link by generating an RF channel for the first RF link that supports communications during a first timeslot, and by generating a first and second RF channel associated with the second link, wherein each of the first and second RF channels supports communications during the first timeslot, wherein the RF channel for the first RF link is different from the first and second RF channels associated with the second RF link.