Communications system using separate receive and transmit frequency hopping hopsets

• US 20060199531A1
• Filed: 03/07/2005
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Williamson, Robert, Bicksler, David M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,233,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/713 using frequency hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels

Abstract

A system communicates with a mobile radio and includes a repeater that is operative for transmitting and receiving communications signals on respective first and second frequency hopping hopset. A mobile radio receives a communication signal from the repeater on the first frequency hopping hopset and transmits a communication signal to the repeater on the second frequency hopping hopset.

Claims

1. A system for communicating with a mobile radio comprising:

a repeater that is operative for transmitting and receiving communications signals on a respective first and second frequency hopping hopset; and

a mobile radio that receives the communications signal from the repeater on the first frequency hopping hopset and transmits a communications signal to the repeater on the second frequency hopping hopset.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile radio comprises one of a handheld or manpack radio.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile radio is operative as a combat net radio outstation within a combat net radio communications network.

4. A system according to claim 1, said mobile radio and repeater are operative for transmitting and receiving communications signals with one of Single-Channel Ground and Airborne System (SINCGARS) or Quicklook frequency hopping protocol.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile radio is operative as a repeater.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said repeater comprises a mobile radio and includes a buffer for buffering communications signals.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile radio is operative for transmitting communications signals having an identification for another mobile radio.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein said communications signal comprises encrypted data.

9. A system for communicating between mobile radios comprising:

a plurality of mobile radios contained within a combat net radio communications network and each operative for transmitting and receiving communications signals along different transmit and receive frequency hopping hopsets; and

a repeater in communication with mobile radios contained within the combat net radio communications network and operative for communicating with mobile radios on respective first and second frequency hoping hopsets such that mobile radios communicate to each other only through the repeater.

10. A system according to claim 9, and further comprising another repeater and an interlink between repeaters and contained within said combat net radio communications network for enlarging the number of frequency hopping hopsets that can be used within the combat net radio communications network.

11. A system according to claim 9, wherein each mobile radio comprises one of a handheld or manpack radio.

12. A system according to claim 9, wherein each mobile radio and repeater are operative for transmitting and receiving communications signals with one of Single-Channel Ground and Airborne System (SINCGARS) or Quicklook frequency hopping protocol.

13. A system according to claim 9, wherein each mobile radio is operative as a repeater.

14. A system according to claim 9, wherein said repeater comprises a mobile radio and includes a buffer for buffering a communications signal.

15. A system according to claim 9, wherein each mobile radio is operative for transmitting communications signals having an identification for another mobile radio.

16. A system according to claim 9, wherein said communications signal comprises encrypted data.

17. A method of communicating with a mobile radio, which comprises:

receiving within a mobile radio a communications signal that had been transmitted from a repeater along a first frequency hopping hopset; and

transmitting a communications signal from the mobile radio to the repeater on a second frequency hopping hopset different from the first frequency hopping hopset.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the mobile radio comprises one of a handheld or manpack mobile radio.

19. A method according to claim 17, which further comprises transmitting the communications signals between mobile radios as combat net radio outstations in communication with the repeater within a combat net radio communications network.

20. A method according to claim 17, which further comprises transmitting and receiving communications signals on frequency hopping waveforms in accordance with one of Single-Channel Ground and Airborne System (SINCGARS) or Quicklook frequency hopping protocol.

21. A method according to claim 17, which further comprises transmitting and receiving communications signals to and from a repeater that is operative as a mobile radio.

22. A method according to claim 17, which further comprises communicating an identification within the communications signal identifying another mobile radio.

23. A method according to claim 17, which further comprises buffering the communications signal within a mobile radio operative as a repeater.

24. A method according to claim 17, which further comprises encrypting data within the communications signal.