FORWARD-LOOKING TONE ALLOCATION IN MULTIPOINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION USING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
First Claim
1. A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system comprising:
- a plurality of remote units;
a host unit that includes a demodulator;
wherein each of the remote units transmits an upstream OFDM signal using a multiple access scheme to the host unit demodulator using at least one of a plurality of orthogonal tones within an OFDM waveform;
wherein the host unit receives the upstream OFDM signals from a plurality of the remote units, the tones of the upstream signals being substantially orthogonal when received at the host unit;
wherein portions of upstream OFDM signals from at least two of the remote units arrive at the host unit at the same time;
wherein the host unit demodulator demodulates said portions;
wherein the host unit sends an adjustment signal to at least one of the remote units instructing the at least one remote unit to adjust the timing of transmissions from the remote unit to improve orthogonality of the OFDM waveform received at the host unit, and wherein the host unit allocates at least one of the tones to the at least one remote unit based at least in part on channel quality information for the at least one tone.
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Abstract
Forward-looking tone allocation in multipoint-to-point communication using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing is provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a host unit; a plurality of remote units using a multiple access scheme to communicate at the same time with the host unit using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); wherein the host unit sends an adjustment signal to at least one of the remote units instructing the at least one remote unit to adjust the timing of transmissions from the remote unit to improve orthogonality of OFDM transmissions received at the host unit from the plurality of remote units; wherein the host unit allocates orthogonal tones within the system to the plurality of remote units; and wherein the host unit switches the tone allocation for at least one remote unit from a first tone to a second tone based at least in part on channel quality information for the second tone.
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13 Claims
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1. A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system comprising:
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a plurality of remote units;
a host unit that includes a demodulator;
wherein each of the remote units transmits an upstream OFDM signal using a multiple access scheme to the host unit demodulator using at least one of a plurality of orthogonal tones within an OFDM waveform;
wherein the host unit receives the upstream OFDM signals from a plurality of the remote units, the tones of the upstream signals being substantially orthogonal when received at the host unit;
wherein portions of upstream OFDM signals from at least two of the remote units arrive at the host unit at the same time;
wherein the host unit demodulator demodulates said portions;
wherein the host unit sends an adjustment signal to at least one of the remote units instructing the at least one remote unit to adjust the timing of transmissions from the remote unit to improve orthogonality of the OFDM waveform received at the host unit, and wherein the host unit allocates at least one of the tones to the at least one remote unit based at least in part on channel quality information for the at least one tone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a host unit;
a plurality of remote units using a multiple access scheme to communicate at the same time with the host unit using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM);
wherein the host unit sends an adjustment signal to at least one of the remote units instructing the at least one remote unit to adjust the timing of transmissions from the remote unit to improve orthogonality of OFDM transmissions received at the host unit from the plurality of remote units;
wherein the host unit allocates orthogonal tones within the system to the plurality of remote units; and
wherein the host unit switches the tone allocation for at least one remote unit from a first tone to a second tone based at least in part on channel quality information for the second tone. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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