Allocating subcarrier channels based on a terminal's bandwidth capacity
First Claim
1. An apparatus configured for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals for communication in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- signal generation and transmission components configured for generating and transmitting an OFDM signal using a first frequency band that includes a plurality of frequency channels;
a determining component configured for determining whether a terminal is a full band terminal configured for receiving the first frequency band or a limited band terminal configured for receiving a limited frequency band comprising a subset of the plurality of frequency channels of the first frequency band, said subset comprising one of the frequency channels or a plurality of the frequency channels that are adjacent to each other; and
wherein, in response to the determination by the determining component that the terminal is the limited band terminal, the signal generation and transmission components are configured to allocate data to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels and allocate no power to at least one adjacent frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels that is adjacent to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, and wherein one frequency channel included in the subset of the plurality of frequency channels is positioned at an edge of the first frequency band.
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Abstract
Wireless communication with a communicating apparatus that is a limited band terminal capable of receiving only part of frequencies. A frequency channel allocating section allocates frequency channels, a terminal reception quality information processing section calculates an optimal modulation rate and required transmit power for each subcarrier, a subcarrier power control section controls a level of transmit power for each subcarrier, and a determining section checks a reception bandwidth of a communicating apparatus, while determining whether the communicating apparatus is a full band terminal capable of receiving all the frequency channels in the system band or a limited band terminal capable of receiving only part of frequencies. When the communicating apparatus is the limited band terminal, the transmit power of all or part of subcarriers is decreased in a frequency channel that is adjacent to a reception band allocated to the communicating apparatus and that is allocated to another communicating apparatus.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus configured for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals for communication in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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signal generation and transmission components configured for generating and transmitting an OFDM signal using a first frequency band that includes a plurality of frequency channels; a determining component configured for determining whether a terminal is a full band terminal configured for receiving the first frequency band or a limited band terminal configured for receiving a limited frequency band comprising a subset of the plurality of frequency channels of the first frequency band, said subset comprising one of the frequency channels or a plurality of the frequency channels that are adjacent to each other; and wherein, in response to the determination by the determining component that the terminal is the limited band terminal, the signal generation and transmission components are configured to allocate data to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels and allocate no power to at least one adjacent frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels that is adjacent to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, and wherein one frequency channel included in the subset of the plurality of frequency channels is positioned at an edge of the first frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating and transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals for communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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generating an OFDM signal using a first frequency band that includes a plurality of frequency channels; determining whether a terminal is a full band terminal configured for receiving the first frequency band or a limited band terminal configured for receiving a limited frequency band comprising a subset of the plurality of frequency channels of the first frequency band, said subset comprising one of the frequency channels or a plurality of the frequency channels that are adjacent to each other; in response to a determination that the terminal is the limited band terminal, allocating data to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels and allocating no power to at least one adjacent frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels that is adjacent to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, wherein one frequency channel included in the subset of the plurality of frequency channels is positioned at an edge of the first frequency band; and transmitting the OFDM signal for reception by the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus configured for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals for communication in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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signal generation and transmission components configured for generating and transmitting an OFDM signal using a first frequency band that includes a plurality of frequency channels; a determining component configured for determining whether a terminal is a full band terminal configured for receiving the first frequency band or a limited band terminal configured for receiving a limited frequency band comprising a subset of the plurality of frequency channels of the first frequency band, said subset comprising one of the frequency channels or a plurality of the frequency channels that are adjacent to each other; and wherein, in response to a determination by the determining component that the terminal is the limited band terminal, the signal generation and transmission components are configured to allocate data to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, allocate no power to at least one adjacent frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels that is adjacent to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, and allocate control data to at least one second frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels in such a way that said control data allocated to the at least one second frequency channel can be demodulated and used by the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals for communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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generating and transmitting an OFDM signal using a first frequency band that includes a plurality of frequency channels; determining whether a terminal is a full band terminal configured for receiving the first frequency band or a limited band terminal configured for receiving a limited frequency band comprising a subset of the plurality of frequency channels of the first frequency band, said subset comprising one of the frequency channels or a plurality of the frequency channels that are adjacent to each other; and in response to determining that the terminal is the limited band terminal, allocating data to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, allocating no power to at least one adjacent frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels that is adjacent to the subset of the plurality of frequency channels, and allocating control data to at least one second frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels in such a way that said control data allocated to the at least one second frequency channel can be demodulated and used by the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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