System and method for facilitating adaptive frequency hopping in communication systems

A communication system, comprising:

• a plurality of frequency hopping devices that are co-located with each other, wherein a frequency hopping device of the plurality of frequency hopping devices comprises:
• a controller configured to:
• identify from a plurality of channels associated with a frequency hopping protocol, first and second sets of channels that are available and unavailable for an adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) operation associated with the frequency hopping device, respectively;
• identify from the first set of channels, a first subset of channels that is to be utilized by remaining frequency hopping devices of the plurality of frequency hopping devices for one or more AFH operations associated therewith;
• assign based on the first subset of channels, a second subset of channels of the first set of channels, and the second set of channels, a first priority level to each channel of the second subset of channels;
• determine whether a number of channels having the first priority level is greater than or equal to a first threshold value;
• generate an AFH map associated with the frequency hopping device based on the determination of whether the number of channels having the first priority level is greater than or equal to the first threshold value;
• and
• execute the AFH operation based on the AFH map.

A method for facilitating adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) in a communication system, the method comprising:

• identifying, by a frequency hopping device of the communication system, from a plurality of channels associated with a frequency hopping protocol, first and second sets of channels that are available and unavailable for an AFH operation associated with the frequency hopping device, respectively;
• identifying, by the frequency hopping device from the first set of channels, a first subset of channels to be utilized by a set of frequency hopping devices of the communication system for a set of AFH operations associated therewith, wherein the set of frequency hopping devices is co-located with the frequency hopping device;
• assigning, by the frequency hopping device based on the first subset of channels, a second subset of channels of the first set of channels, and the second set of channels, a first priority level to each channel of the second subset of channels;
• determining, by the frequency hopping device, whether a number of channels having the first priority level is greater than or equal to a first threshold value;
• generating, by the frequency hopping device, an AFH map associated with the frequency hopping device based on the determination of whether the number of channels having the first priority level is greater than or equal to the first threshold value;
• and
• executing, by the frequency hopping device, the AFH operation based on the AFH map.