Low-rate long-range mode for OFDM wireless LAN
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
- a receiver and a transmitter,wherein the transmitter comprises a symbol mapper and a spreading module,wherein the symbol mapper is configured to generate, from data, a stream of sub-symbols for each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers;
wherein the spreading module is configured to spread out the stream of sub-symbols on each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers by using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) techniques in which the stream of sub-symbols on each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers is spread across an OFDM subcarrier bandwidth by multiplying the stream of sub-symbols by spreading code sequences of predefined length, each sub-symbol being expanded into a set of chips, the number of chips in the set being related to the predefined length,wherein the transmitter appends, to an outgoing signal to be wirelessly transmitted, a number of copies of short training symbols, the number of copies of the short training symbols equaling the number of chips in the set, the copies of the short training symbols being transmitted between a legacy signal and a proprietary signal.
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Abstract
A system for implementing an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme and providing an improved range extension. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting data to a receiver. The transmitter includes a symbol mapper for generating a symbol for each of a plurality of subcarriers and a spreading module for spreading out the symbol on each of the plurality of subcarriers by using a direct sequence spread spectrum. The symbol on each of the plurality of subcarriers is spread by multiplying the symbol by predefined length sequences. The receiver includes a de-spreader module for de-spreading the symbols on each of the plurality of subcarriers. The de-spreader module includes a simply correlator receiver for obtaining maximum detection. The correlator produces an output sequence of a same length as an input sequence and the de-spreader module uses a point of maximum correlation on the output sequence to obtain a recovered symbol.
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26 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a receiver and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter comprises a symbol mapper and a spreading module, wherein the symbol mapper is configured to generate, from data, a stream of sub-symbols for each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers; wherein the spreading module is configured to spread out the stream of sub-symbols on each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers by using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) techniques in which the stream of sub-symbols on each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers is spread across an OFDM subcarrier bandwidth by multiplying the stream of sub-symbols by spreading code sequences of predefined length, each sub-symbol being expanded into a set of chips, the number of chips in the set being related to the predefined length, wherein the transmitter appends, to an outgoing signal to be wirelessly transmitted, a number of copies of short training symbols, the number of copies of the short training symbols equaling the number of chips in the set, the copies of the short training symbols being transmitted between a legacy signal and a proprietary signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method that provides for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications in a wireless communications device, the method comprising:
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generating, by a transmitter of the wireless communications device, a stream of sub-symbols for each of a plurality of OFDM subcarriers from a stream of data bits; spreading out, by the transmitter of the wireless communications device, the stream of sub-symbols on each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers by using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) techniques, wherein the symbol on each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers is spread by multiplying the stream of sub-symbols by spreading code sequences of predefined length, each sub-symbol being expanded into a set of chips, the number of chips in the set being related to the predefined length; and appending, by the transmitter of the wireless communications device, to an outgoing signal to be wirelessly transmitted, a number of copies of short training symbols, the number of copies of the short training symbols equaling the number of chips in the set, the copies of the short training symbols being transmitted between a legacy signal and a proprietary signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wireless communication device that supports orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communications comprising:
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a transmitter that comprises a symbol mapper configured to generate a stream of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) sub-symbols for each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers, and a spreading module configured to spread out the stream of QAM sub-symbols on each of the plurality of subcarriers by using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) techniques, wherein the stream of QAM sub-symbols on each of the plurality of subcarriers is spread by multiplying the stream of QAM sub-symbols by DSSS spreading code sequences of predefined length, each QAM sub-symbol being expanded into a set of chips, the number of chips in the set being related to the predefined length; and a receiver that comprises a cyclic prefix removal module that is coupled to a Fast Fourier Transformer that is coupled to a frequency domain module that applies a weighting factor on each frequency domain signal, the frequency domain module being coupled to a de-spreader that is coupled to a QAM symbol demapper that is coupled to a parallel-to-serial converter that is coupled to a decoder that is coupled to a de-scrambler, wherein the de-spreader module comprises a correlator, wherein the de-spreader module is configured to detect a maximum correlator output from a plurality of correlator outputs, the number of correlator outputs being related to the predefined length, and wherein transmitter appends, to an outgoing signal to be wirelessly transmitted, a number of copies of short training symbols, the number of copies of the short training symbols equaling the number of chips in the set, the copies of the short training symbols being transmitted between a legacy signal and a proprietary signal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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