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FREQUENCY HOPPING

  • US 20100111139A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2008
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communications node operable to communicate with another communications node over a communications channel having a plurality of frequency resources, the communications node comprising:

  • data defining a division of the communications channel into a plurality of contiguous sub-bands each having N frequency resources;

    data defining an initial allocation of said frequency resources;

    a resource determination module operable to apply a frequency shift to the initially allocated frequency resource in accordance with a frequency hopping sequence to determine a frequency resource to use for communicating information with the other communications node, the frequency shift corresponding to an integer number of said sub-bands; and

    a communicating portion communicating information with the other communications node using the determined frequency resource.

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