Patent ID: 8531998

Claim:
A method for use in an environment having a periodic interference source that emits radiation during a first cycle portion but not during a second cycle portion, the method comprising: selecting a frequency channel from a plurality of frequency channels of a communication band, wherein the selected frequency channel is appreciably free of a first radiation component emitted from the periodic interference source during the first cycle portion; identifying an uplink timeslot from a plurality of uplink timeslots of a data frame, wherein the identified uplink timeslot is appreciably interfered with by a second radiation component emitted from the periodic interference source during the first cycle portion; selecting an uplink timeslot from the plurality of timeslots, but excluding the identified uplink timeslot; synchronizing the data frame with the interference source in a manner that results in the second radiation component interfering with a single uplink timeslot and a single downlink timeslot of the data frame; and transmitting data to a wireless device over the selected frequency channel during the first cycle portion using the selected uplink timeslot and without a redundant transmission of the data in the first cycle portion or the second cycle portion of the interference source.