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Method and apparatus for constructing a sub-carrier map

  • US 20030039317A1
  • Filed: 08/21/2001
  • Published: 02/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for selecting a modulation configuration in a multi-carrier modulation system that supports a plurality of modulation configurations, comprising steps of:

  • for each modulation configuration m, determining a number of sub-carriers km having a signal-to-noise ratio above a predefined threshold m;

    computing a number of useful sub-carriers nm by dividing km by a predefined ratio rm;

    constructing a sub-set of sub-carriers by selecting nm sub-carriers having the highest signal-to-noise ratio; and

    , computing a throughput tm, by multiplying nm by a predefined capacity cm per sub-carrier; and

    selecting the modulation configuration having the highest throughput.

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