Abstract: In a channel hopping network, some channels are typically less reliable than others due to interference and multipath effects. It is beneficial to favour the more reliable channels. Examples of the present disclosure achieve this by (1) randomly or pseudorandomly allocating multiple channels to a transmitter-receiver pair; (2) adaptively determining, by the transmitter, relatively reliable channels which the transmitter-receiver pair should ideally use for communication; (3) transmitting this information to the receiver; and (4) comparing the allocated channels with the determined channels to enable both the transmitter and the receiver to select the best channel to communicate on.

Abstract: In a channel hopping network, some channels are typically less reliable than others due to interference and multipath effects. It is beneficial to favour the more reliable channels. Examples of the present disclosure achieve this by (1) randomly or pseudorandomly allocating multiple channels to a transmitter-receiver pair; (2) adaptively determining, by the transmitter, relatively reliable channels which the transmitter-receiver pair should ideally use for communication; (3) transmitting this information to the receiver; and (4) comparing the allocated channels with the determined channels to enable both the transmitter and the receiver to select the best channel to communicate on.