Fast synchronization for half duplex digital communications

A wireless transceiver comprising:

• a transmitter circuit for establishing a first frequency hopped communications link with a remote transceiver, one of the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver being an initiator of the first frequency hopped communications link, wherein the first frequency hopped communications link is synchronized to a time frame set by the initiator;
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• a controller for:
• maintaining time synchronization to the time frame set by the initiator after transmission of the first frequency hopped communications link ceases;
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• establishing a second frequency hopped communications link between the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver, wherein one of the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver is transmitting over the second frequency hopped communications link and wherein the second frequency hopped communications link is synchronized to the time frame set by the initiator;
• wherein the controller establishes the second frequency hopped communications link by a transmission of a transmission request and in response to a reception of an acknowledgement to the transmission request.

A method for communicating between transceivers, the method comprising:

• establishing a first frequency hopped communications link between a first transceiver and a second transceiver, wherein the first frequency hopped communications link is synchronized to a time frame and wherein the first transceiver is transmitting over the first frequency hopped communications link and the first transceiver sets the time frame;
• maintaining time synchronization to the time frame at the first transceiver and the second transceiver after transmission of the first frequency hopped communications link ceases;
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• establishing a second frequency hopped communications link between the first transceiver and the second transceiver, wherein one of the first transceiver and the second transceiver is transmitting over the second frequency hopped communications link and wherein the second frequency hopped communications link is synchronized to the time frame initially set by the first transceiver;
• wherein establishing a second frequency hopped communications link comprises a transmission of a transmission request and a reception of an acknowledgement to the transmission request.

A computer program product comprising computer programming instructions for:

• establishing a first frequency hopped communications link between a wireless transceiver and a remote transceiver, one of which being an initiator of the first frequency hopped communications link, wherein the first frequency hopped communications link is synchronized to a time frame set by the initiator;
• maintaining time synchronization to the time frame set by the initiator after transmission of the first frequency hopped communications link ceases;
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• establishing a second frequency hopped communications link between the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver, wherein one of the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver is transmitting over the second frequency hopped communications link and wherein the second frequency hopped communications link is synchronized to the time frame set by the initiator;
• wherein the computer programming instructions for establishing a second frequency hopped communications link comprise computer instructions for transmission of a transmission request and reception of an acknowledgement thereto.