Approach for managing the use of communications channels based on performance
摘要
說明書
A communications network is any system or mechanism that provides for the exchange of information or data between participants. As used herein, the term “participant” refers to a device or mechanism that communicates with other devices or mechanisms. In some communications network arrangements, one of the participants is designated as a master participant, or simply as the “master.” The master generally initiates and controls communications with the other participants, which are conventionally referred to as slave participants, or simply as “slaves.” Masters may also be assigned other functions to perform. Although a master participant typically performs additional functions than the other participants, any participant is capable of performing these functions if elected as the master participant.
A frequency hopping (FH) protocol is an approach for wireless communications in a communications network that uses a frequency hopping signal transmission technique in which information or data is transmitted over a set of frequencies in a communications frequency band. A frequency hopping communications system is a system that uses a FH protocol. The order in which the communications network hops among the set of frequencies is known as the hopping sequence.
In contrast to FH systems, a non-frequency hopping (NFH) system is simply a communications system whose carrier does not hop over a set of frequencies. A typical NFH system may occupy a portion of the communications frequency band corresponding to several frequencies used by an FH system.
