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Method and means for frequency hopping in a radio communication system

US6240125A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 1997
Grant dateMay 29, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2001/7154
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A radio communications systems which utilize channel hopping such that those channels which have high channel quality for a given connection are used more often than channels having lower channel quality for the same connection. Channel quality, for instance interference, is measured with respect to uplink connections and with respect to downlink connections. The measured interference values are then stored in an interference list for each of the connections in the radio communications system. The interference lists are converted to corresponding weight lists for each of the connections in both uplink and downlink in the base station. A channel which has a high weight value for a given connection will appear more often in corresponding hopsequence lists than a channel which has a lower weight value.

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