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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL

  • US 20090171874A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2006
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of configuring a communication channel prior to the transmission of an input signal along the communication channel, the communication channel comprising a plurality of sub-channels, the method comprising determining the strength of the input signal and in accordance with the determined signal strength, selecting a set of the plurality of sub-channels and transmitting said input signal along the set of sub-channels in parallel, wherein each of the sub-channels has a predetermined noise characteristic such that the set of selected sub-channels exhibits a combined noise characteristic in which the standard deviation of the noise is proportional to the input signal strength.

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