# US 11,909,519 B2 · Data transmitter and data receiver with low latency for the telegram splitting transfer method

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- Number: US 11,909,519 B2
- Document ID: US11909519B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/868,272
- Filed: 2020-05-06
- Published: 2020-10-22
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-10
- Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Inventors: Gerd Kilian; Josef Bernhard; Guenter Rohmer; Maximilian Roth; Frank Nachtrab; Jakob Kneissl; Johannes Wechsler; Michael Schlicht; Raimund Meyer; Frank Obernosterer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909519B2

## CPC

- H04B 1/713: using frequency hopping
- H04L 1/0018: {based on latency requirement}
- H04L 1/0003: {by switching between different modulation schemes}
- H04L 1/0007: {by modifying the frame length}
- H04L 1/0009: {by adapting the channel coding (H04L1/1812 takes precedence)}
- H04L 1/0041: {Arrangements at the transmitter end}
- H04L 1/0045: {Arrangements at the receiver end}
- H04L 1/04: using frequency diversity
- H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems}
- H04L 12/2803: {Home automation networks}
- H04L 12/2816: {Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities (arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00)}
- H04L 12/282: {based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204)}
- H04L 12/4625: {Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge}
- H04L 47/38: by adapting coding or compression rate
- H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)}
- H04L 1/0084: {Formats for payload data}
- H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)}
- H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
- H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Embodiments provide transfer methods. The method includes a step of transferring data of a first class from a data transmitter to a data receiver, wherein the data of the first class is transferred divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern. Furthermore, the method includes a step of transferring data of a second class from the data transmitter or a different data transmitter to the data receiver, wherein the data of the second class is transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern, wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide data of a first class onto a first plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern, wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide data of a second class onto a second plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern,
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern, and/or wherein sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are shorter than sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data of the first class comprises a higher priority and/or higher requirements as to a maximum transfer duration than the data of the second class.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, the data transceiver is configured to divide data of a third class onto a third plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the third plurality of sub-data packets using a third hopping pattern;
wherein the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the third hopping pattern.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the data of the second class comprises a higher priority and/or higher requirements as to a maximum transfer duration than the data of the third class.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide the data of the first class or a first data packet comprising the data of the first class onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that each of the first plurality of sub-data packets comprises only a part of the data of the first class or of the first data packet, wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide the data of the second class or a second data packet comprising the data of the second class onto the second plurality of sub-data packets such that each of the second plurality of sub-data packets only comprises a part of the data of the second class or of the second data packet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of sub-data packets comprises fewer sub-data packets than the second plurality of sub-data packets.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the data of the first class with a higher data rate or a different modulation method than the data of the second class.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transceiver is configured, upon transmitting the data of the first class, to receive from a data receiver an acknowledgement of receipt signalizing a successful receipt of the data of the first class.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive from the data receiver the acknowledgement of receipt temporally overlapping to the emission of:
the data of the first class using the first hopping pattern,
or the data of the second class using the second hopping pattern,
so that at least one sub-data packet transmitted according to the respective hopping pattern is arranged between two sub-data packets of a hopping pattern with which the acknowledgement of receipt of the data receiver is emitted.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transceiver is configured to channel-encode the data of the first class and transmit the channel-encoded data using the first hopping pattern, wherein the data transceiver is configured to distribute the channel-encoded data of the first class onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faultless transfer, only a first group of sub-data packets is needed to successfully decode the data of the first class, and such that, in a faulty transfer, a higher coding gain is achieved through a combination of the first group of sub-data packets and a second group of sub-data packets, wherein the first group of sub-data packets is transmitted temporally before the second group of sub-data packets.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data of the first class comprises core information and extension information, wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide the data of the first class onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that as first group of sub-data packets comprises the core information and a second group of sub-data packets comprises the extension information, wherein the first group of sub-data packets is transmitted temporally before the second group of sub-data packets.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transceiver is configured to calculate the first hopping pattern using address information of the data transmitter or information derived therefrom so that the first hopping pattern itself identifies the data transmitter.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the data transceiver is configured to calculate the first hopping pattern using time-dependent or event-dependent information of the data transmitter.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit encoded or encrypted information about the first hopping pattern in advance to a data receiver.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first hopping pattern is assigned to the data receiver by a base station.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transceiver is configured to acquire, from a base station of a communication network, short address information that is shorter than address information unambiguously identifying the data transmitter within the communication network and to use the short address information when emitting with the first hopping pattern.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first hopping pattern is assigned to the data transmitter by a base station according to frequency of use and/or a priority.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The communication apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the data transceiver is configured to distribute the channel-encoded data of the first class onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faulty transfer, a higher coding gain is achieved through a combination of the first group of sub-data packets and the second group of sub-data packets.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns;
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transmitted.

### Claim 20

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to channel-encode data and to divide the channel-encoded data onto a plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the plurality of sub-data packets according to a hopping pattern;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to channel-encode the data and to divide the channel-encoded data onto the plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faultless transfer, only a first group of sub-data packets is needed to successfully decode the data, wherein transmission pauses between the sub-data packets of the first group of sub-data packets are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets of a second group of sub-data packets transmitted after the first group of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between the sub-data packets of the first group of sub-data packets are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets of a second group of sub-data packets transmitted after the first group of sub-data packets;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to distribute the channel-encoded data of the first class onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faulty transfer, a higher coding gain is achieved through a combination of the first group of sub-data packets and the second group of sub-data packets.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The communication apparatus according to claim 20, wherein data transceiver is configured to divide data of a second class onto a second plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern;
wherein the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 22 (depends on 20)

The communication apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns;
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transmitted.

### Claim 23

A communication apparatus comprising a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide data onto a plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern, wherein the data transceiver is configured to repeatedly transmit the plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the first hopping pattern extends across two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the data using the first hopping pattern twice in two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 26 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit the data using the second hopping pattern in two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 27 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the data using the second hopping pattern twice in two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 28 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit in an interleaved manner the data using the first hopping pattern and repeatedly using the second hopping pattern so that at least one sub-data packet transmitted according to the second hopping pattern is arranged between two sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern.

### Claim 29 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein data transceiver is configured to divide data of a second class onto a second plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern;
wherein the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 30 (depends on 23)

The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns;
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transmitted.

### Claim 31

A communication apparatus comprising a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit data of a first class using a data packet, and wherein the data transceiver is configured to divide the data onto a plurality sub-data packets and to repeatedly emit the data using the plurality of sub-data packets, wherein the plurality of sub-data packets is emitted according to a first hopping pattern;
wherein data transceiver is configured to divide data of a second class onto a second plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern;
wherein the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 32 (depends on 31)

The communication apparatus according to claim 31, the data transceiver is configured to repeatedly emit the data of the first class using a further data packet.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

The communication apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit in a temporally interleaved manner the data of the first class using the further data packet and using the plurality of sub-data packets so that the further data packet is temporally arranged between two of the plurality of sub-data packets.

### Claim 34 (depends on 31)

The communication apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the data transceiver is configured to select a temporal interval between the emission of the data packet and the plurality of sub-data packets to have such a size that receiving an acknowledgement of receipt from a data receiver is possible in the temporal interval.

### Claim 35 (depends on 31)

The communication apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns;
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transmitted.

### Claim 36 (depends on 35)

The communication apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the data transceiver is configured to provide the first plurality of sub-data packets and the second plurality of sub-data packets with the same synchronization sequences for synchronizing the first plurality of sub-data packets and the second plurality of sub-data packets in a data receiver.

### Claim 37

A communication apparatus comprising a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, using a first hopping pattern, data of a first class transferred divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, using a second hopping pattern, data of a second class transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the second hopping pattern, and/or wherein sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are shorter than sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 38 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data of the first class comprise a higher priority and/or higher requirements as to a maximum transfer duration than the data of the third class.

### Claim 39 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, using a third hopping pattern, data of a third class transferred divided onto a third plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein the transmission pauses between the sub-data packets received according to the second hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the third hopping pattern.

### Claim 40 (depends on 39)

The communication apparatus according to claim 39, wherein the data of the second class comprises a higher priority and/or higher requirements as to a maximum transfer duration than the data of the third class.

### Claim 41 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data of the first class or a first data packet comprising the data of the first class is divided onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that each of the first plurality of sub-data packets only comprises a part of the data of the first class or of the first data packet, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive and combine the first plurality of sub-data packets in order to acquire the data of the first class; and/or
wherein the data of the second class or a second data packet comprising the data of the second class is divided onto the second plurality of sub-data packets such that each of the second plurality of sub-data packets only comprises a part of the data of the second class or of the second data packet, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive and combine the second plurality of sub-data packets in order to acquire the data of the second class.

### Claim 42 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the first plurality of sub-data packets comprises fewer sub-data packets that the second plurality of sub-data packets.

### Claim 43 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data of the first class is transferred with a higher data rate or with a different modulation method than the data of the second class.

### Claim 44 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data receiver comprises a data transceiver configured to transmit a first message temporally synchronized to the reception of the data of the first class using the first hopping pattern, and wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit a second message temporally synchronized to the reception of the data of the second class using the second hopping pattern;
wherein a temporal interval between the first hopping pattern and the first message is smaller than a temporal interval between the second hopping pattern and the second message.

### Claim 45 (depends on 44)

The communication apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the first message is a first downlink message transferred divided onto a plurality of sub-data packets according to a first downlink hopping pattern, wherein the second message is a second downlink message transferred divided onto a plurality of sub-data packets according to a second downlink hopping pattern, wherein transmission pauses between the plurality of sub-data packets transferred by means of the first downlink hopping pattern are shorter than transmission pauses between the plurality of sub-data packets transferred by means of the second downlink hopping pattern.

### Claim 46 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit, responsive to a successful reception of the data of the first class, an acknowledgement of receipt signalizing a successfully reception of the data of the first class;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit the acknowledgement of receipt only for the data of the first class and not for the data of the second class.

### Claim 47 (depends on 46)

The communication apparatus according to claim 46, wherein the data transceiver is configured to emit, using a hopping pattern, the acknowledgement of receipt pattern temporally overlapping to the reception of:
the data of the first class using the first hopping pattern,
or the data of the second class using the second hopping pattern,
such that at least one sub-data packet transferred according to the first hopping pattern or second hopping pattern is arranged between two sub-data packets of the hopping pattern with which the acknowledgement of receipt is emitted.

### Claim 48 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data of the first class is channel-encoded, wherein the channel-encoded data of the first class is distributed onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faultless transfer, only a first group of sub-data packets is needed to successfully decode the data of the first class, and such that, in a faulty transfer, a higher coding gain is achieved through a combination of the first group of sub-data packets and a second group of sub-data packets, wherein the first group of sub-data packets is transferred temporally before the second group of sub-data packet;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to decode a first part of the channel-encoded data received with the first group of sub-data packets in order to acquire the data of the first class, and, if decoding the data of the first class has not been successful, to combine, for achieving a higher coding gain, at least a second part of the channel-encoded data received with at least a second group of sub-data packets with the first part of the channel-encoded data and to decode the combination of the first part of the channel-encoded data and the at least second part of the channel-encoded data in order to acquire the data of the first class.

### Claim 49 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data of the first class comprises core information and extension information, wherein the data of the first class is divided onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that a first group of sub-data packets comprises the core information and a second group of sub-data packets comprises the extension information, wherein the first group of sub-data packets is transferred temporally before the second group of sub-data packets;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to first receive the first group of sub-data packets and to then receive the second group of sub-data packets in order to acquire the core information before the extension information.

### Claim 50 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the first hopping pattern is calculated using address information of a data transmitter or information derived therefrom so that the first hopping pattern itself identifies the data transmitter;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to identify the data transmitter based on the first hopping pattern.

### Claim 51 (depends on 50)

The communication apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the first hopping pattern is further calculated using time-dependent or even-dependent information of the data transmitter;
wherein the time-dependent or even-dependent information is known to the data transceiver or is transferred encrypted in at least one of the plurality of sub-data packets or a different data packet.

### Claim 52 (depends on 50)

The communication apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive encoded or encrypted information about the first hopping pattern in advance from the data transmitter.

### Claim 53 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data receiver is configured to assign the first hopping pattern to a data transmitter.

### Claim 54 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the data receiver is configured to assign to a data transmitter short address information that is shorter than address information unambiguously identifying the data transmitter within a communication network;
wherein the data receiver is configured to identify the data transmitter based on the short information.

### Claim 55 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37 wherein the data receiver is configured to assign the first hopping pattern to a data transmitter according to a frequency of use and/or a priority.

### Claim 56 (depends on 37)

The communication apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns,
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transferred.

### Claim 57

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive channel-encoded data, wherein the channel-encoded data is divided onto a plurality of sub-data packets and transferred distributed according to a hopping pattern, wherein the data is channel-encoded and divided onto the plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faultless transfer, only a first group of sub-data packets is needed to successfully decode the data, wherein transmission pauses between the sub-data packets of the first group of sub-data packets are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets of a second group of sub-data packets transmitted after the first group of sub-data packets;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive at least the first group of sub-data packets, and to decode a part of the channel-encoded data received with the first group of sub-data packets in order to acquire the data;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to, if decoding the data has not been successful, combine, for achieving a higher coding gain, at least a second part of the channel-encoded data received with at least a second group of sub-data packets with the first part of the channel-encoded data and to decode the combination of the first part of the channel-encoded data and the at least second part of the channel-encoded data in order to acquire the data.

### Claim 58 (depends on 57)

The communication apparatus according to claim 57, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, using a second hopping pattern, data of a second class transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between two sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 59 (depends on 57)

The communication apparatus according to claim 57, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns,
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transferred.

### Claim 60

A communication apparatus comprising:
a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive data divided onto a plurality of sub-data packets and transferred using a first hopping pattern and repeatedly using a second hopping pattern;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 61 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, wherein the first hopping pattern extends across two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 62 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the data using the first hopping pattern twice in two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 63 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the data using the second hopping pattern in two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 64 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, the data transceiver is configured to receive the data using the second hopping pattern twice in two separate frequency bands.

### Claim 65 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the data in an interleaved manner using the first hopping pattern and repeatedly using the second hopping pattern so that at least one hop of the second hopping pattern is arranged between two hops of the first hopping pattern.

### Claim 66 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, using a second hopping pattern, data of a second class transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between two sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 67 (depends on 60)

The communication apparatus according to claim 60, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns,
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transferred.

### Claim 68

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data transceiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive data of a first class transferred using a data packet, and wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, according to a first hopping pattern, the data divided on a plurality of data packets and transferred repeatedly using the plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit an acknowledgement of receipt in a temporal interval between the reception of the data packet and the plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 69 (depends on 68)

The communication apparatus according to claim 68, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the data of the first class repeatedly using a further data packet.

### Claim 70 (depends on 69)

The communication apparatus according to claim 69, wherein the reception unit is configured to receive in a temporally interleaved manner the data of the first class using the further data packet and using the plurality of sub-data packets so that the further data packet is temporally arranged between two of the plurality of sub-data packets.

### Claim 71 (depends on 68)

The communication apparatus according to claim 68, wherein the data transceiver is configured to transmit an acknowledgement of receipt in a temporal interval between the reception of the data packet and the plurality of sub-data packets.

### Claim 72 (depends on 68)

The communication apparatus according to claim 68, wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive, using a second hopping pattern, data of a second class transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between two sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 73 (depends on 68)

The communication apparatus according to claim 68, wherein the first hopping pattern comprises a plurality of sub-hopping patterns that are time-shifted and/or frequency-shifted versions of each other;
wherein the data transceiver is configured to receive the first plurality of sub-data packets according to the plurality of sub-hopping patterns,
wherein the plurality of sub-hopping patterns are interleaved in each other such that sub-data packets assigned to different sub-hopping patterns are alternately transferred.

### Claim 74

A method for transmitting data, the method comprising:
transmitting data of a first class from a data transmitter to a data receiver, wherein the data of the first class is transmitted divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern;
transmitting data of a second class from the data transmitter or a different data transmitter to the data receiver, wherein the data of the second class is transmitted divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitting according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 75

A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform a method for transmitting data, the method comprising:
transmitting data of a first class from a data transmitter to a data receiver, wherein the data of the first class is transmitted divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern;
transmitting data of a second class from the data transmitter or a different data transmitter to the data receiver, wherein the data of the second class is transmitted divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern,
when said computer program is run by a computer.

### Claim 76

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data transmitter comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transmitter is configured to transmit, distributed in time and/or frequency according to a hopping pattern, data divided onto a plurality of sub-data packets, wherein the hopping pattern is a time hopping pattern, a frequency hopping pattern or a combination of the time hopping pattern and the frequency hopping pattern, wherein the time hopping pattern is the time hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
1
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
123
66
66
66
66
60
66
66
198
66
66
255
66
66
wherein the line in the table is the time hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the time hopping pattern starting from a second hop so that each time hopping pattern comprises 24 hops, wherein each cell in the table indicates a temporal interval of a reference point of the respective hop to a same reference point of an immediately subsequent hop in—advantageously multiples of—symbol durations;
wherein the frequency hopping pattern is the frequency hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
1
5
4
3
2
17
21
20
19
18
9
13
12
11
10
6
0
7
22
16
23
14
8
15
wherein the line in the table is the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each cell in the table indicates a transmission frequency of the respective hop of the frequency hopping pattern in carriers from 0 to 23 of an uplink carrier group.

### Claim 77 (depends on 76)

The communication apparatus according to claim 76, wherein the data is of a first class, wherein the plurality of sub-data packets is a first plurality of sub-data packets, and wherein the hopping pattern is a first hopping pattern;
wherein the data transmitter is configured to divide data of a second class onto a second plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern,
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern, and/or wherein sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are shorter than sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 78

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data receiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data receiver is configured to receive data transferred divided onto a plurality of sub-data packets and distributed in time and/or frequency according to a hopping pattern, wherein the hopping pattern is a time hopping pattern, a frequency hopping pattern or a combination of the time hopping pattern and the frequency hopping pattern, wherein the time hopping pattern is the time hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
1
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
123
66
66
66
66
60
66
66
198
66
66
255
66
66
wherein the line in the table is the time hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the time hopping pattern starting from a second hop so that each time hopping pattern comprises 24 hops, wherein each cell in the table indicates a temporal interval of a reference point of the respective hop to a same reference point of an immediately subsequent hop in—advantageously multiples of—symbol durations;
wherein the frequency hopping pattern is the frequency hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
1
5
4
3
2
17
21
20
19
18
9
13
12
11
10
6
0
7
22
16
23
14
8
15
wherein the line in the table is the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each cell in the table indicates a transmission frequency of the respective hop of the frequency hopping pattern in carriers from 0 to 23 of an uplink carrier group.

### Claim 79 (depends on 78)

The communication apparatus according to claim 78, wherein the data is of a first class, wherein the plurality of sub-data packets is a first plurality of sub-data packets, and wherein the hopping pattern is a first hopping pattern;
wherein the data receiver is configured to receive data of a second class transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets, distributed in time/or frequency according to a second hopping pattern;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the second hopping pattern, and/or wherein sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are shorter than sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern.

### Claim 80

A method for transmitting data, the method comprising:
transmitting data using a hopping pattern,
wherein the hopping pattern is a time hopping pattern, a frequency hopping pattern or a combination of the time hopping pattern and the frequency hopping pattern,
wherein the time hopping pattern is the time hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
1
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
123
66
66
66
66
60
66
66
198
66
66
255
66
66
wherein the line in the table is the time hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the time hopping pattern starting from a second hop so that each time hopping pattern comprises 24 hops, wherein each cell in the table indicates a temporal interval of a reference point of the respective hop to a same reference point of an immediately subsequent hop in—advantageously multiples of—symbol durations;
wherein the frequency hopping pattern is the frequency hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
1
5
4
3
2
17
21
20
19
18
9
13
12
11
10
6
0
7
22
16
23
14
8
15
wherein the line in the table is the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each cell in the table indicates a transmission frequency of the respective hop of the frequency hopping pattern in carriers from 0 to 23 of an uplink carrier group.

### Claim 81

A method for receiving data, the method comprising:
receiving data using a hopping pattern,
wherein the hopping pattern is a time hopping pattern, a frequency hopping pattern or a combination of the time hopping pattern and the frequency hopping pattern,
wherein the time hopping pattern is the time hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
1
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
123
66
66
66
66
60
66
66
198
66
66
255
66
66
wherein the line in the table is the time hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the time hopping pattern starting from a second hop so that each time hopping pattern comprises 24 hops, wherein each cell in the table indicates a temporal interval of a reference point of the respective hop to a same reference point of an immediately subsequent hop in—advantageously multiples of—symbol durations;
wherein the frequency hopping pattern is the frequency hopping pattern with 24 hops indicated in the following table:
# of sub-data packets in the core frame SC
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
1
5
4
3
2
17
21
20
19
18
9
13
12
11
10
6
0
7
22
16
23
14
8
15
wherein the line in the table is the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each column in the table is a hop of the frequency hopping pattern, wherein each cell in the table indicates a transmission frequency of the respective hop of the frequency hopping pattern in carriers from 0 to 23 of an uplink carrier group.

### Claim 82

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data transmitter comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, wherein the data transmitter is configured to divide data of a first class onto a first plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern, wherein the data transmitter is configured to divide data of a second class onto a second plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern,
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern, and/or wherein sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are shorter than sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern;
wherein the data transmitter is configured to channel-encode the data of the first class and transmit the channel-encoded data of the first class using the first hopping pattern, wherein the data transmitter is configured to distribute the channel-encoded data of the first class onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faultless transfer, only a first group of sub-data packets is needed to successfully decode the data of the first class, and such that, in a faulty transfer, a higher coding gain is achieved through a combination of the first group of sub-data packets and a second group of sub-data packets, wherein the first group of sub-data packets is transmitted temporally before the second group of sub-data packets.

### Claim 83

A communication apparatus, comprising:
a data receiver comprising one or more processors or electronic circuits, the data receiver configured to receive, using a first hopping pattern, data of a first class transferred divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets, wherein the data receiver is configured to receive, using a second hopping pattern, data of a second class transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets;
wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets received according to the second hopping pattern, and/or wherein sub-data packets transmitted according to the first hopping pattern are shorter than sub-data packets transmitted according to the second hopping pattern;
wherein the data of the first class is channel-encoded, wherein the channel-encoded data of the first class is distributed onto the first plurality of sub-data packets such that, in a faultless transfer, only a first group of sub-data packets is needed to successfully decode the data of the first class, and such that, in a faulty transfer, a higher coding gain is achieved through a combination of the first group of sub-data packets and a second group of sub-data packets, wherein the first group of sub-data packets is transferred temporally before the second group of sub-data packet;
wherein the data receiver is configured to decode a first part of the channel-encoded data received with the first group of sub-data packets in order to acquire the data of the first class, and, if decoding the data of the first class has not been successful, to combine, for achieving a higher coding gain, at least a second part of the channel-encoded data received with at least a second group of sub-data packets with the first part of the channel-encoded data and to decode the first part of the channel-encoded data and the at least second part of the channel-encoded data in order to acquire the data of the first class.