Rolling synthesizer method for baseband slow frequency hopping
First Claim
1. A method of exchanging a communicated signal at a base site with a communication unit on an indexed frequency of a frequency hopping communication system, such method comprising the steps of:
- transceiving, through a first base site transceiver, a first communicated signal within a first frame on a first frequency of the indexed frequency;
while transceiving within the first frame, tuning an at least second base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of a second frame; and
transceiving the first communicated signal through the at least second base site transceiver during the second frame.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is offered of exchanging a communicated signal at a base site with a communication unit on an indexed frequency of a frequency hopping communication system. The method includes the steps of transceiving, through a first base site transceiver, a first communicated signal within a first frame on a first frequency of the indexed frequency; and, while transceiving within the first frame, tuning a second, extra base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of a second frame. The second transceiver may then be used to transceive a signal within the second frame while the first transceiver is tuned to the next indexed frequency. Additional communication units may be added by adding one base site transceiver per communication unit while maintaining a single extra transceiver per frame. The extra transceiver, during each frame, is tuned to the next frequency in the frequency hopping sequence and indexing the communication units, transceiving from within different steps of the sequence, from transceiver to transceiver.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of exchanging a communicated signal at a base site with a communication unit on an indexed frequency of a frequency hopping communication system, such method comprising the steps of:
- transceiving, through a first base site transceiver, a first communicated signal within a first frame on a first frequency of the indexed frequency;
while transceiving within the first frame, tuning an at least second base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of a second frame; and
transceiving the first communicated signal through the at least second base site transceiver during the second frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- transceiving, through a first base site transceiver, a first communicated signal within a first frame on a first frequency of the indexed frequency;
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6. A method of transceiving a communicated signal at a base site in a communication system having an at least one communication unit exchanging the communicated signal through the base site on an indexed frequency of a first frequency hopping communication resource, such method comprising the steps of:
- transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
during the first frame, tuning a second base site transceiver to a second frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource for a second frame;
exchanging the communicated signal through the second base site transceiver during the second frame; and
, during the second frame tuning the first base site transceiver to an indexed frequency on the communication resource for an at least third frame. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
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11. A method of transceiving communicated signals at a base site in a communication system having at least one communication unit exchanging a communicated signal through the base site on an indexed frequency of a frequency hopping communication resource indexing through a plurality of frequencies, such method comprising the steps of:
- transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
during the first frame, tuning an at least second base site transceiver to a second frequency of the indexed frequency of the frequency hopping communication resource for a second frame;
exchanging the communicated signal on the communication resource through the at least second base site transceiver on the indexed frequency during a second frame, first following the first frame; and
, alternately tuning the first base site transceiver and the second base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of the communication resource during subsequent frames.
- transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
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12. An apparatus for exchanging a communicated signal at a base site with a communication unit on an indexed frequency of a frequency hopping communication system, such apparatus comprising:
- means for transceiving, through a first base site transceiver, a first communicated signal within a first frame on a first frequency of the indexed frequency;
means for tuning, while transceiving within the first frame, an at least second base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of a second frame; and
means for transceiving the first communicated signal through the at least second base site transceiver during the second frame. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
- means for transceiving, through a first base site transceiver, a first communicated signal within a first frame on a first frequency of the indexed frequency;
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17. An apparatus for transceiving a communicated signal at a base site in a communication system having an at least one communication unit exchanging the communicated signal through the base site on an indexed frequency of a first frequency hopping communication resource, such apparatus comprising:
- means for transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
means for tuning, during the first frame, a second base site transceiver to a second frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource for a second frame;
means for exchanging the communicated signal through the second base site transceiver during the second frame; and
, means for tuning, during the second frame, the first base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource for an at least third frame. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- means for transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
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