Rolling synthesizer method for baseband slow frequency hopping

A method of transceiving a communicated signal at a base site in a communication system having an at least one communication unit exchanging the communicated signal through the base site on an indexed frequency of a first frequency hopping communication resource, such method comprising the steps of:

• transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
• during the first frame, tuning a second base site transceiver to a second frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource for a second frame;
• exchanging the communicated signal through the second base site transceiver during the second frame;
• and, during the second frame tuning the first base site transceiver to an indexed frequency on the communication resource for an at least third frame.

A method of transceiving communicated signals at a base site in a communication system having at least one communication unit exchanging a communicated signal through the base site on an indexed frequency of a frequency hopping communication resource indexing through a plurality of frequencies, such method comprising the steps of:

• transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
• during the first frame, tuning an at least second base site transceiver to a second frequency of the indexed frequency of the frequency hopping communication resource for a second frame;
• exchanging the communicated signal on the communication resource through the at least second base site transceiver on the indexed frequency during a second frame, first following the first frame;
• and, alternately tuning the first base site transceiver and the second base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of the communication resource during subsequent frames.

An apparatus for transceiving a communicated signal at a base site in a communication system having an at least one communication unit exchanging the communicated signal through the base site on an indexed frequency of a first frequency hopping communication resource, such apparatus comprising:

• means for transceiving the communicated signal on a first frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource during a first frame through a first base site transceiver;
• means for tuning, during the first frame, a second base site transceiver to a second frequency of the indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource for a second frame;
• means for exchanging the communicated signal through the second base site transceiver during the second frame;
• and, means for tuning, during the second frame, the first base site transceiver to an indexed frequency of the first frequency hopping communication resource for an at least third frame.