Modifying hopping sequences in wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- selected a hopping sequence from among a stored family of hopping sequences, the selected hopping sequence indicating a sequence of carrier frequencies for communications in a logical channel of a wireless radio communications network over time;
eliminating a carrier frequency from the hopping of carrier frequencies indicated by the selected hopping sequence;
selecting a replacement hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences, wherein the replacement hopping sequence indicates a sequence of replacement carrier frequencies over time;
eliminating the replacement hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences; and
replacing an occurrence of the eliminated carrier frequency in the sequence of carrier frequencies indicated by the selected hopping sequence with a corresponding replacement carrier frequency in the sequence of replacement carrier frequencies indicated by the replacement hopping sequence.
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Abstract
The present invention can be used to modify hopping sequences and families of hopping sequences. In one embodiment the present invention includes modifying a family of hopping sequences by eliminating a resource from a plurality of resources used by the family of hopping sequences, eliminating a hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences, and creating a new family of hopping sequences by replacing the eliminated resource in each remaining hopping sequence using the eliminated hopping sequence. Embodiments of the present invention may further include repeating eliminating a resource, eliminating a hopping sequence, and creating a new family of hopping sequences, until the new family of hopping sequences uses a desired number of resources.
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41 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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selected a hopping sequence from among a stored family of hopping sequences, the selected hopping sequence indicating a sequence of carrier frequencies for communications in a logical channel of a wireless radio communications network over time; eliminating a carrier frequency from the hopping of carrier frequencies indicated by the selected hopping sequence; selecting a replacement hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences, wherein the replacement hopping sequence indicates a sequence of replacement carrier frequencies over time; eliminating the replacement hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences; and replacing an occurrence of the eliminated carrier frequency in the sequence of carrier frequencies indicated by the selected hopping sequence with a corresponding replacement carrier frequency in the sequence of replacement carrier frequencies indicated by the replacement hopping sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method comprising:
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eliminating a resource from a plurality of resources for wireless communications according to a first hopping sequence, the first hopping sequence belonging to a family of hopping sequences; replacing the eliminated resource in the first hopping sequence with an alternate resource from a second hopping sequence in the family of hopping sequences; and eliminating the second hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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eliminating a resource from a plurality of resources of a family of hopping sequences; eliminating a hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences; and creating a new family of hopping sequences for wireless communications by replacing the eliminated resource in each remaining hopping sequence with a resource from the eliminated hopping sequence. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A communications device comprising:
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a transceiver for radio communications on at least one logical channel; a memory for storing a family of hopping sequences; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor to; eliminate a resource from a plurality of resources for wireless communications according to a first hopping sequence belonging to the family of hopping sequences, replace the eliminated resource in the first hopping sequence with an alternate resource using a second hopping sequence in the family of hopping sequences, and eliminate the second hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A modified hopping sequence for wireless communications, the modified hopping sequence generated by:
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eliminating a resource from a plurality of resources used by a first hopping sequence to be modified, the first hopping sequence belonging to a family of hopping sequences; modifying the first hopping sequence by replacing the eliminated resource in the first hopping sequence with an alternate resource from a second hopping sequence in the family of hopping sequences; and eliminating the second hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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transmitting a signal on a logical channel according to a modified hopping sequence, the modified hopping sequence generated by; eliminating a resource from a plurality of resources of a first hopping sequence to be modified, the first hopping sequence belonging to a family of hopping sequences; modifying the first hopping sequence by replacing the eliminated resource in the first hopping sequence with an alternate resource from a second hopping sequence in the family of hopping sequences; and eliminating the second hopping sequence from the family of hopping sequences. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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