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RF communication in a multi-user environment Since more and more systems are using RF communication, and most of them are operating in an ISM (Industrial, Scientific, Medical) band the need for a way to harmonize the coexistence of systems using the same frequency resources, are urgent. In this white paper we will discuss different techniques for dealing with the problems caused by RF traffic from other systems than our own. There are different ways on how a system based on a combination of TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) uses the time and frequency domain. Most of the systems have a “bursty” use of the time domain, meaning that they transmit in short bursts and keep quiet in between each burst. For the use of the frequency domain there are in major three different ways a system can operate: Fixed single channel (Low complexity) Dynamic channel assigning (Medium complexity) Frequency hopping (High complexity) A fixed single channel system is typically a system where the units do not have the possibility to negotiate which channel they shall use or distribute a common system clock. Normally this will be a system with a transmitter in one end and a receiver in the other. Such a system will be able to use different channels, but the channel for operation will be selected once at start-up. An example of such a system is a wireless mouse. Dynamic channel assignment is a method where all units involved must have a transceiver. This enables the possibility for the receiving unit to acknowledge all received packets, which will make the transmitting unit able to detect packet loss and initiate a re-transmission of the lost packet. It will also make the system able to calculate the packet loss ratio (PLR.) And the system can be made so that the units change traffic channel if the PLR reaches a given threshold. The channel change plan can be implemented as a table o