Time-frequency interleaved orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultra wide band physical layer
First Claim
1. A transmitter producing an ultra-wide-band (UWB) physical layer using time-frequency interleaved (TFI) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) within the 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band, the UWB physical layer comprising:
- a band of frequencies divided into contiguous bands of tones;
a plurality of OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of tones from a respective contiguous band; and
a data payload of the plurality of OFDM symbols for communication between the transmitter and a receiver, wherein consecutive OFDM symbols use different subsets of tones.
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Abstract
A PHY entity for a UWB system utilizes the unlicensed 3.1-10.6 GHZ UWB band, as regulated in the United States by the Code of Federal Regulation, Title 47, Section 15. The UWB system provides a wireless pico area network (PAN) with data payload communication capabilities of 55, 80, 110, 160, 200, 320 and 480 Mb/s. The UWB system employs orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and uses a total of 122 sub-carriers that are modulated using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK). Forward error correction coding (convolutional coding) is used with a coding rate of 11/32, 1/2, 5/8 and 3/4.
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34 Claims
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1. A transmitter producing an ultra-wide-band (UWB) physical layer using time-frequency interleaved (TFI) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) within the 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band, the UWB physical layer comprising:
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a band of frequencies divided into contiguous bands of tones; a plurality of OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of tones from a respective contiguous band; and a data payload of the plurality of OFDM symbols for communication between the transmitter and a receiver, wherein consecutive OFDM symbols use different subsets of tones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An ultra-wide-band (UWB) physical layer comprising a UWB transmitter generating time-frequency interleaved (TFI) orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals within the 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band, each signal comprising:
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a band of frequencies divided into contiguous bands of tones; a plurality of OFDM symbols generated by an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) of frequency domain data, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of tones from a respective contiguous band; a data payload of the plurality of OFDM symbols for communication between the transmitter and a receiver, wherein consecutive OFDM symbols use different subsets of tones; one of a cyclic prefix and a cyclic postfix with to the data payload; and a guard interval between the time domain data and said one of a cyclic prefix and a cyclic postfix comprising a plurality of zero samples. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A modulation scheme for ultra-wideband (UWB) systems, the scheme comprising the method steps of:
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providing a band of frequencies divided into contiguous bands of tones; providing a UWB physical layer operational to generate orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols within a desired band, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of tones from a respective contiguous band, and wherein consecutive OFDM symbols use different subsets of tones; interleaving by the UWB transmitter the OFDM symbols across both time and frequency to divide the desired band into smaller sub-bands; and inserting a guard interval comprising plural zero samples after each OFDM symbol, such that the UWB physical layer has sufficient time to switch from its current channel to the next channel. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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