Patent ID: 8730844

Claim:
A communication network, comprising: a self-forming ad-hoc network including a plurality of distinct network nodes, each of the distinct network nodes configured to communicate with other nodes over one of 8000 triplets, each triplet being defined by dividing a total bandwidth of the each of the distinct network nodes, 26 MHz, is divided into ten 2.6 MHz channels that are further divided into 20 frequency hopped sub-channels, each of the sub-channels further divided into 40 time slots, to provide the 8000 triplets, wherein the distinct network nodes include at least two distinct types of nodes built from a same silicon micro chip, a first type of the at least two distinct types of nodes implementing a first number of channel slices, and a second type of the at least two distinct types of nodes implementing a second number or channel slices that is less than the first number of channel slices.