Methods and apparatus for flexible hopping in a multiple-access communication network
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1. A method for generating random hopping patterns for a plurality of hop ports with at least one processor, comprising:
- swapping at least one pair of hop port entities of the plurality at the lower layer of a channel tree if at least a first condition is met for a corresponding pair, thereby generating a higher layer of swapped pairs of hop port entities in the channel tree;
swapping the swapped pairs of hop port entities at the higher layer if at least a second condition is met; and
repeating the previous acts, thereby generating a random hopping pattern.
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Abstract
Techniques for efficiently designing random hopping patterns in a communications system are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for generating random hopping patterns, updating the patterns frequently, generating different patterns for different cells/sectors, and generating patterns of nearby sub-carriers for block hopping.
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1. A method for generating random hopping patterns for a plurality of hop ports with at least one processor, comprising:
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swapping at least one pair of hop port entities of the plurality at the lower layer of a channel tree if at least a first condition is met for a corresponding pair, thereby generating a higher layer of swapped pairs of hop port entities in the channel tree; swapping the swapped pairs of hop port entities at the higher layer if at least a second condition is met; and repeating the previous acts, thereby generating a random hopping pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. At least one processor programmed to implement a method for generating random hopping patterns for a plurality of hop ports, the method comprising:
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swapping at least one pair of hop port entities of the plurality at the lower layer of a channel tree if at least a first condition is met for a corresponding pair, thereby generating a higher layer of swapped pairs of hop port entities in the channel tree; swapping the swapped pairs of hop port entities at the higher layer if at least a second condition is met; and repeating the previous acts, thereby generating a random hopping pattern. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. An apparatus for generating random hopping patterns for a plurality of hop ports, the apparatus comprising:
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means for swapping at least one pair of hop port entities of the plurality at the lower layer of a channel tree if at least a first condition is met for a corresponding pair, thereby generating a higher layer of swapped pairs of hop port entities in the channel tree; means for swapping the swapped pairs of hop port entities at the higher layer if at least a second condition is met; and means for repeating the previous acts, thereby generating a random hopping pattern. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying means for implementing a method for generating random hopping patterns for a plurality of hop ports, the method comprising:
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swapping at least one pair of hop port entities of the plurality at the lower layer of a channel tree if at least a first condition is met for a corresponding pair, thereby generating a higher layer of swapped pairs of hop port entities in the channel tree; swapping the swapped pairs of hop port entities at the higher layer if at least a second condition is met; and repeating the previous acts, thereby generating a random hopping pattern.
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