Patent Document ID: 20160277066
Application ID: 15148648
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A communication system comprising at least a first network device and a second network device, each network device including a transceiver; the first network device operating in accordance with a first frequency hopping sequence, wherein the first frequency hopping sequence includes a plurality of data channels and at least one acquisition channel; and the second network device operating in accordance with a second frequency hopping sequence, wherein the second frequency hopping sequence includes a plurality of data channels and the at least one acquisition channel, wherein the second frequency hopping sequence is different from the first frequency hopping sequence, and wherein the at least one acquisition channel of the first frequency hopping sequence and the at least one acquisition channel of the second frequency hopping sequence are arranged in their respective frequency hopping sequences such that when the second network device is tuned to the at least one acquisition channel of the second frequency hopping sequence, the first network device will be tuned to the at least one acquisition channel of the first frequency hopping sequence, and the frequency of the at least one acquisition channel in each of the first and the second frequency hopping sequences is the same.