SOFT HANDOFF IN OFDMA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for receiving data by a subscriber station in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system comprising:
- a) receiving and downconverting a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, said plurality of OFDM symbols comprising a first plurality of subcarriers, said first plurality of subcarriers being defined in a soft handoff zone comprising a first dimension of subchannels, said first dimension of subchannels comprising said first plurality of subcarriers; and
a second dimension of divided and multiplexed OFDM symbols;
said first plurality of subcarriers in said soft handoff zone having a subchannel definition;
b) providing a Fourier Transform (FT) on each of said first plurality of subcarriers to generate a plurality of divided-multiplexed coded signals; and
c) providing division-multiplexing decoding on the plurality of divided-multiplexed coded signals to recover data from a base station.
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Abstract
Soft handoff in an OFDMA system is disclosed. If the pilot signal strength for a base station exceeds the defined threshold, the base station is added to an active set list. Subcarriers in a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are divided and allocated into subchannels. The OFDM symbols are divided and multiplexed. A soft handoff zone with a first dimension of the subchannels and a second dimension of the divided and multiplexed OFDM symbols is defined. The soft handoff zone has subcarriers with a subchannel definition, for example, an identical permutation.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for receiving data by a subscriber station in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system comprising:
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a) receiving and downconverting a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, said plurality of OFDM symbols comprising a first plurality of subcarriers, said first plurality of subcarriers being defined in a soft handoff zone comprising a first dimension of subchannels, said first dimension of subchannels comprising said first plurality of subcarriers; and
a second dimension of divided and multiplexed OFDM symbols;
said first plurality of subcarriers in said soft handoff zone having a subchannel definition;b) providing a Fourier Transform (FT) on each of said first plurality of subcarriers to generate a plurality of divided-multiplexed coded signals; and c) providing division-multiplexing decoding on the plurality of divided-multiplexed coded signals to recover data from a base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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