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Frequency hopping code division multiple access system and method

  • US 5,459,759 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1994
  • Issued: 10/17/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A frequency-hopping-communications system, assigned a system bandwidth B, with the system bandwidth B divided into N sets of frequencies, with each set of the N sets of frequencies not having the same frequencies as other sets of the N sets of frequencies, for communicating base-message data to a plurality of remote units, said frequency-hopping-communications system comprising:

  • a plurality of base stations for communicating base-message data to the plurality of remote units, each of said plurality of base stations having a coverage area divided into a plurality of N concentric regions with each concentric region divided into a plurality of N sectors, with each sector of each concentric region assigned one of the N sets of frequencies, each of said plurality of base stations for communicating with a selected-remote unit located within a particular sector of a particular-concentric region, including,base-modulator means for converting the base-message data to a form suitable for sending over radio waves;

    base-hopping means for frequency hopping the converted-base-message data over a set of frequencies assigned to the particular sector of the particular-concentric region, thereby generating a frequency-hopped signal;

    base-power means for amplifying the frequency-hopped signal;

    a base antenna coupled to said base-power means for radiating the frequency-hopped signal from each of said plurality of base stations to said selected-remote unit, said base antenna including means for sectoring the coverage area into the plurality of N sectors; and

    base-controller means, responsive to said selected-remote unit located within the particular sector of the particular-concentric region, for controlling the set of frequencies used by said base-hopping means for communicating with said selected-remote unit;

    each of said plurality of remote units including,a remote antenna; and

    remote-receiver means for recovering from the frequency-hopped signal the base-message data.

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