# US 12,119,865 B2 · Flexible frequency hopping > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,865 B2 - Document ID: US12119865B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/814,639 - Filed: 2022-07-25 - Published: 2022-12-08 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-08 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: ZTE Corporation - Inventors: Jian Li; Peng Hao; Xianghui Han; Yiwei Deng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119865B2 ## CPC - H04B 1/7136: Arrangements for generation of hop frequencies, e.g. using a bank of frequency sources, using continuous tuning or using a transform - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract Methods, apparatus, and systems for enabling a flexible frequency hopping mechanism are described. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a communication device, a first message from a network device. The first message comprises a list of frequency hopping offsets and a value indicating a number of repetitions of a data transmission. The method also includes receiving, by the communication device, a second message selecting a frequency hopping offset from the list of frequency hopping offsets and applying multiple frequency hopping offsets to the number of repetitions of the data transmission. The multiple frequency offsets are determined according to a rule associated with the selected frequency hopping offset. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving, by a communication device, a first message from a network device, wherein the first message comprises a list of frequency hopping offsets and a value indicating a number of repetitions of a data transmission, wherein the list of frequency hopping offsets comprises no less than four non-zero frequency hopping offsets; receiving, by the communication device, a second message from the network device, the second message indicating a selection of a frequency hopping offset from the list of frequency hopping offsets, wherein the selected frequency hopping offset is indicated using no less than two bits in the second message; and applying frequency hopping offsets to the number of repetitions of the data transmission, wherein each of the frequency hopping offsets is applied to a corresponding repetition in the data transmission, wherein the frequency hopping offsets includes multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets such that different non-zero frequency hopping offsets are applicable to different repetitions, and wherein the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets are determined according to a rule associated with the selected frequency hopping offset, the rule specifying an order associated with the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a first frequency hopping offset of the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets is the selected frequency hopping offset. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the order is an order in which frequency hopping offsets are organized in the list of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the order is a predefined order of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 5 A method for wireless communication, comprising: transmitting, by a network device, a first message to a communication device, wherein the first message comprises a list of frequency hopping offsets and a value indicating a number of repetitions of a data transmission, wherein the list of frequency hopping offsets comprises no less than four non-zero frequency hopping offsets; and transmitting, by the network device, a second message to the communication device, the second message indicating a selected frequency hopping offset in the list of frequency hopping offsets to enable the communication device to apply frequency hopping offsets to the number of repetitions of the data transmission, wherein the selected frequency hopping offset is indicated using no less than two bits in the second message, wherein each of the frequency hopping offsets is applied to a corresponding repetition in the data transmission, wherein the frequency hopping offsets includes multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets such that different non-zero frequency hopping offsets are applicable to different repetitions, and wherein the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets are determined according to a rule associated with the selected frequency hopping offset, the rule specifying an order associated with the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a first frequency hopping offset of the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets is the selected frequency hopping offset. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the order is an order in which frequency hopping offsets are organized in the list of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the order is a predefined order of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the rule is configurable by the network device. ### Claim 10 A communication apparatus, comprising a processor configured to: receive a first message from a network device, wherein the first message comprises a list of frequency hopping offsets and a value indicating a number of repetitions of a data transmission, wherein the list of frequency hopping offsets comprises no less than four non-zero frequency hopping offsets; receive a second message from the network device, the second message indicating a selection of a frequency hopping offset from the list of frequency hopping offsets, wherein the selected frequency hopping offset is indicated using no less than two bits in the second message; and apply frequency hopping offsets to the number of repetitions of the data transmission, wherein each of the frequency hopping offsets is applied to a corresponding repetition in the data transmission, wherein the frequency hopping offsets includes multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets such that different non-zero frequency hopping offsets are applicable to different repetitions, and wherein the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets are determined according to a rule associated with the selected frequency hopping offset, the rule specifying an order associated with the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus of claim 10, wherein a first frequency hopping offset of the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets is the selected frequency hopping offset. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus of claim 10, wherein the order is an order in which frequency hopping offsets are organized in the list of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus of claim 10, wherein the order is a predefined order of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 14 A communication apparatus, comprising a processor configured to: transmit a first message to a communication device, wherein the first message comprises a list of frequency hopping offsets and a value indicating a number of repetitions of a data transmission, wherein the list of frequency hopping offsets comprises no less than four non-zero frequency hopping offsets; and transmit a second message to the communication device, the second message indicating a selected frequency hopping offset in the list of frequency hopping offsets to enable the communication device to apply frequency hopping offsets to the number of repetitions of the data transmission, wherein the selected frequency hopping offset is indicated using no less than two bits in the second message, wherein each of the frequency hopping offsets is applied to a corresponding repetition in the data transmission, wherein the frequency hopping offsets includes multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets such that different non-zero frequency hopping offsets are applicable to different repetitions, and wherein the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets are determined according to a rule associated with the selected frequency hopping offset, the rule specifying an order associated with the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The communication apparatus of claim 14, wherein a first frequency hopping offset of the multiple non-zero frequency hopping offsets is the selected frequency hopping offset. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The communication apparatus of claim 14, wherein the order is an order in which frequency hopping offsets are organized in the list of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The communication apparatus of claim 14, wherein the order is a predefined order of frequency hopping offsets. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The communication apparatus of claim 14, wherein the rule is configurable by the communication apparatus.