Multi-carrier communication with time division multiplexing and carrier-selective loading
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1. A method for subcarrier allocation and loading for a multi-carrier, multi-subscriber system, comprising:
- associating at least one cluster in a first set of clusters of subcarriers for use in communication with a first subscriber;
associating at least one cluster in a second set of clusters of subcarriers for use in communication with a second subscriber;
for each cluster associated for use in communication with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, multiplexing a usage of said each cluster between the first subscriber during a first time division and the second subscriber during a second time division.
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Abstract
A method for subcarrier allocation and loading for a multi-carrier, multi-subscriber system is described. At least one cluster in a first and second set of clusters of subcarriers is associated for use in communication with a first and second subscriber, respectively. Then, for each cluster associated for use in communication with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, usage of that cluster is multiplexed between the first subscriber during a first time division and the second subscriber during a second time division.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for subcarrier allocation and loading for a multi-carrier, multi-subscriber system, comprising:
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associating at least one cluster in a first set of clusters of subcarriers for use in communication with a first subscriber;
associating at least one cluster in a second set of clusters of subcarriers for use in communication with a second subscriber;
for each cluster associated for use in communication with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, multiplexing a usage of said each cluster between the first subscriber during a first time division and the second subscriber during a second time division. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A base station, comprising:
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user data queues to store data transmitted from subscribers;
multiplexing logic coupled with the user data queues to receive feedback information from subscribers, to allocate, based on the feedback information, one or more clusters of subcarriers to each subscriber, and to time division multiplex data from the user data queues into cluster data queues corresponding to those of the clusters allocated to more than one subscriber; and
the cluster data queues coupled with the multiplexing logic to receive data from the multiplexing logic and store the data for transmission on corresponding clusters of subcarriers.
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