System and method of adaptive frequency hopping with look ahead interference prediction
First Claim
1. A method of adapting a periodic frequency hopping sequence in a frequency hopping communication system having fixed slot timing, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting the presence of repeated interference at a particular frequency having specific timing with respect to time slots at which that particular frequency is periodically used by said system; and
replacing the potentially interfered frequency of said time slot with a replacement frequency.
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Abstract
A novel and useful adaptive frequency hopping scheme for wireless devices and networks operating in a congested environment of similar devices, where capacity maximization is desired. The hopping sequence of each wireless link is dynamically adapted such that the impact of the surrounding interference is minimized and the interference induced onto the coexisting systems is also minimized. The scheme detects the repetitive presence of interference on a particular channel and comprises a replacement mechanism for swapping the interfered frequency-channel with one that would be clear for that particular time-slot. The mechanism detects interference during a redundant portion of the transmission (i.e. header or trailer) without having to experience packet failures (i.e. data loss). If the interference impact (e.g. corrupted header bits) exceeds a predefined threshold, that frequency channel is declared temporarily unusable for that time slot and is replaced with another in accordance with a frequency replacement policy. Periodic interference at a particular frequency, originating from a coexisting system of similar operating parameters, may also be detected at instances that are distant from the timeslots for which that particular frequency is to be used, such that frequency replacement in the hopping sequence can be scheduled ahead of time and collisions would be avoided altogether.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of adapting a periodic frequency hopping sequence in a frequency hopping communication system having fixed slot timing, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the presence of repeated interference at a particular frequency having specific timing with respect to time slots at which that particular frequency is periodically used by said system; and replacing the potentially interfered frequency of said time slot with a replacement frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of adapting a frequency hopping sequence in a frequency hopping communication system having a plurality of frequency channels, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an impact on a transmitted packet causing corruption of one or more bits in a redundant portion of said transmitted packet; declaring said particular channel unusable if said impact exceeds a threshold; and replacing the frequency of an unusable channel with an alternate frequency. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method of adaptive frequency hopping for use in a frequency hopping communication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a channel frequency counter for each individual frequency in a hopset; incrementing said channel frequency counter associated with a particular frequency upon occurrence of a predetermined event; and if the value of a channel frequency counter associated with a particular frequency exceeds a threshold, replacing an interfered channel corresponding thereto with a clear channel. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile communications device for use in a frequency hopping communication system having a plurality of frequency channels, comprising:
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a frequency hopping based radio transceiver; a processor coupled to said transceiver, said processor operative to; detect the presence of repeated interference at a particular frequency having specific timing with respect to time slots at which that particular frequency is periodically used by said transceiver; and replace the potentially interfered frequency of said time slot with a replacement frequency. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of adapting a periodic frequency hopping sequence in a frequency hopping communication system having fixed slot timing, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the presence of potential periodic interference from transmissions by neighboring coexisting systems occurring at a frequency assigned to a time slot to occur in the future in the potentially interfered system and having specific timing with respect to time slots at which the frequency is used by said system; determining a drift in relative timing between said periodic transmissions and the timing at which said system periodically uses said frequency; and declaring said particular frequency unusable if the detected level of said periodic transmissions repeatedly exceeds a first predefined threshold, and replacing said unusable frequency with a replacement frequency. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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