Multiplexing of real time services and non-real time services for OFDM systems
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1. A method of transmitting in a multi-antenna communication system, comprising:
- modulating a plurality of signals to be transmitted from each antenna of a plurality of antennas with at least one subband of a different one of a plurality of groups of subbands from available subbands, wherein each of the plurality of groups of subbands includes a different subset of the available subbands and wherein the subbands of a first group are noncontiguous; and
transmitting at least some of the plurality of signals substantially simultaneously from different ones of the plurality of antennas.
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Abstract
For certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus for transmitting in a multi-antenna communication system is provided. The method comprises modulating a plurality of signals to be transmitted from each antenna of a plurality of antennas with at least one subband of a different one of a plurality of groups of subbands, wherein each of the plurality of groups includes a different subset of the plurality of subbands and wherein the plurality of subbands of a first group are noncontiguous, and transmitting at least some the plurality of signals substantially simultaneously from different ones of the plurality of antennas.
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1. A method of transmitting in a multi-antenna communication system, comprising:
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modulating a plurality of signals to be transmitted from each antenna of a plurality of antennas with at least one subband of a different one of a plurality of groups of subbands from available subbands, wherein each of the plurality of groups of subbands includes a different subset of the available subbands and wherein the subbands of a first group are noncontiguous; and transmitting at least some of the plurality of signals substantially simultaneously from different ones of the plurality of antennas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A base station comprising:
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a plurality of transmit antennas; a processor configured to instruct a plurality of pilot symbols to be transmitted from the plurality of transmit antennas with one subset of a plurality of sub-channel subsets from available sub-channels, wherein each sub-channel subset comprises a plurality of sub-channels that are noncontiguous and includes different ones of the available sub-channels; and a plurality of modulators, each modulator coupled to the processor and to at least one of the plurality of transmit antennas, configured to modulate the plurality of pilot symbols with appropriate sub-channels of the one subset of the plurality of sub-channel subsets. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus in a multi-antenna communication system, comprising:
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means for modulating a plurality of signals to be transmitted from each antenna of a plurality of antennas with at least one subband of a different one of a plurality of groups of subbands from available subbands, wherein each of the plurality of groups of subbands includes a different subset of the available subbands and wherein the subbands of a first group are noncontiguous; and means for transmitting at least some of the plurality of signals substantially simultaneously from different ones of the plurality of antennas. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-program product for transmitting in a multi-antenna communication system comprising a computer readable medium executable using one or more processors having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for modulating a plurality of signals to be transmitted from each antenna of a plurality of antennas with at least one subband of a different one of a plurality of groups of subbands from available subbands, wherein each of the plurality of groups of subbands includes a different subset of the available subbands and wherein the subbands of a first group are noncontiguous; and instructions for transmitting at least some of the plurality of signals substantially simultaneously from different ones of the plurality of antennas. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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