Structured adaptive frequency hopping
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1. In a frequency band, a method of structured intelligent frequency hopping, said method comprising:
- sampling a plurality of channels in an original hopping sequence;
identifying each channel in the plurality of channels as a good channel or a bad channel as a function of a predetermined factor including traffic type;
creating a new structured channel hopping sequence by assigning the good channels to a good window and the bad channels to a bad window;
hopping from one of the good channels to another one of the good channels until the good window has been used;
using the bad channel based on a hierarchy of traffic types; and
hopping from one of the bad channels to another one of the bad channels until the bed window has been used.
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Abstract
The invention generally provides a method of intelligent frequency hopping such as in Bluetooth and Home RF networks. The method (100) includes the acts of sampling a plurality of channels in a frequency band and identifying each channel as a good channels or a bad channel (110), determining the size of a good window and the size of a bad window (120), and assigning a plurality of good channels to a good window (130) and a plurality of bad channels to a bad window (140). Accordingly, the method increases the reliability and throughput of wireless networks.
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17 Claims
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1. In a frequency band, a method of structured intelligent frequency hopping, said method comprising:
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sampling a plurality of channels in an original hopping sequence; identifying each channel in the plurality of channels as a good channel or a bad channel as a function of a predetermined factor including traffic type; creating a new structured channel hopping sequence by assigning the good channels to a good window and the bad channels to a bad window; hopping from one of the good channels to another one of the good channels until the good window has been used; using the bad channel based on a hierarchy of traffic types; and hopping from one of the bad channels to another one of the bad channels until the bed window has been used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of intelligent frequency hopping, comprising:
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sampling channels of a frequency band; identifying each channel in the frequency band as a good channel or a bad channel; determining a ratio of the good channels to the bad channels (the ratio); assigning a first size to a good window, and a second size to a bad window, such that the ratio of the size of the good window to the size of the bad window is the same as the ratio; and assigning a plurality of the good channels to the good window and a plurality of the bad channels to the bad window by an adaptive frequency hopping scheme.
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17. A method of intelligent frequency hopping, comprising:
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sampling channels of a frequency band; identifying each channel in the frequency band as a good channel or a bad channel; determining a ratio of the good channels to the bad channels (the ratio); assigning a first size to a good window, and a second size to a bad window, such that the ratio of the size of the good window to the size of the bad window is the same as the ratio; assigning a plurality of the good channels to the good window and a plurality of the bad channels to the bad window; and using all of the channels in the good window before using any channels in the bad window.
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