In a telecommunications system that employs frequency hopping techniques,
network performance can be significantly improved by taking into
consideration the level of interaction (e.g., the collision rate) between
frequency hopping sequences, when allocating the frequency hopping
sequences throughout the network. In a cellular network, this may be
accomplished by deriving a network performance measure as a function of a
current allocation of frequency hopping sequences for a number of cells
and as a function of an expected collision rate (between the frequency
hopping sequences) that appear for the current allocation. The frequency
hopping sequences are then re-allocated amongst one or more cells until
network performance is optimized. The allocation of frequency hopping
sequences that results in optimized network performance may then be used
for assigning frequency hopping sequences to new or existing connections
(e.g., cellular calls) within a corresponding cell.
