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Frequency-hopping in a bandwidth-on-demand system

  • US 6,246,713 B1
  • Filed: 06/08/1998
  • Issued: 06/12/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a radio communication system that utilizes an available frequency spectrum that is divided up into a plurality of channels to be used by the radio communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • allocating a number, n, of the channels to be simultaneously used during a first hop period for communicating with a user of the radio communication system, wherein the allocated channels occupy adjacent frequency bands of the available frequency spectrum, and wherein the number n is greater than one; and

    allocating n of the channels to be simultaneously used during a second hop period for communicating with the user of the radio communication system, wherein;

    the n channels allocated for use during the second hop period occupy adjacent frequency bands of the available frequency spectrum;

    at least one of the n channels allocated for use during the second hop period is the same as at least one of the n channels allocated for use during the first hop period; and

    at least one of the n channels allocated for use during the second hop period is different from all of the channels allocated for use during the first hop period.

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