Frequency hopping in ofdma wireless networks

An access point (AP), comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the AP to qualify a wireless device as frequency hopping device by:
• determining a frequency hopping pattern for the wireless device;
• allocating a sequence of unique resource units to the wireless device based on the frequency hopping pattern, each of the unique resource units including a different set of frequency subcarriers;
• and
• receiving, from the wireless device, a series of uplink orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) transmissions on the allocated sequence of unique resource units during a sequence period.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an access point (AP), cause the AP to perform operations comprising:

• determining a frequency hopping pattern for a wireless device;
• allocating a sequence of unique resource units to the wireless device based on the frequency hopping pattern, each of the unique resource units including a different set of frequency subcarriers;
• and
• receiving, from the wireless device, a series of uplink orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) transmissions on the allocated sequence of unique resource units during a sequence period.

A wireless station, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless station to qualify as a frequency hopping device by:
• receiving a frequency hopping pattern;
• receiving an allocation of a sequence of unique resource units based on the frequency hopping pattern, each of the unique resource units including a different set of frequency subcarriers;
• and
• transmitting a series of orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) data transmissions on the allocated sequence of unique resource units during a sequence period.