Multicarrier communication with variable overhead rate
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1. A transceiver, comprising:
- a physical interface, and wherein the transceiver is configured to;
control a transmission rate of overhead data by negotiating, with another transceiver, a single parameter during an initialization process or during steady-state communication, wherein the single parameter defines a set of numbered frames that include overhead bytes for a first superframe;
select the set of frames including the overhead bytes defined by the single parameter for the first superframe;
determine content of the overhead bytes;
insert the determined content of the overhead bytes to the selected set of frames;
transmit, to the another transceiver, the first superframe via the physical interface; and
renegotiate the single parameter to change an overhead data rate for a second superframe by selection of a different set of the numbered frames that include overhead bytes for the second superframe.
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Abstract
In the present invention, the overhead data transmission rate in a multicarrier communication system (1) may be changed and/or selected. More specifically, this rate may be selected during an initial negotiation process and/or during a steady state mode of operation.
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1. A transceiver, comprising:
a physical interface, and wherein the transceiver is configured to; control a transmission rate of overhead data by negotiating, with another transceiver, a single parameter during an initialization process or during steady-state communication, wherein the single parameter defines a set of numbered frames that include overhead bytes for a first superframe; select the set of frames including the overhead bytes defined by the single parameter for the first superframe; determine content of the overhead bytes; insert the determined content of the overhead bytes to the selected set of frames; transmit, to the another transceiver, the first superframe via the physical interface; and renegotiate the single parameter to change an overhead data rate for a second superframe by selection of a different set of the numbered frames that include overhead bytes for the second superframe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method, comprising:
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negotiating, by a transceiver with another transceiver, a single parameter during an initialization process or during steady-state communication with the another transceiver, wherein the single parameter defines a set of numbered frames that include overhead bytes for a first superframe; selecting, by the transceiver, the set of frames including the overhead bytes defined by the single parameter for the first superframe; determining, by the transceiver, content of the overhead bytes; inserting, by the transceiver, the determined content of the overhead bytes to the selected set of frames; transmitting, by the transceiver, the first superframe to the another transceiver; and renegotiating the single parameter to change an overhead date rate for a second superframe by designating a different set of the numbered frames that include overhead bytes for the second superframe. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A transceiver, comprising:
a physical interface, and wherein the transceiver is configured to; control a reception rate of overhead data by negotiating, with another transceiver, a single parameter during an initialization process or during steady-state communication, wherein the single parameter defines a set of numbered frames that include overhead bytes for a first superframe and wherein the single parameter is configured to be renegotiated to change an overhead date rate for a second superframe to include a different set of the numbered frames that include overhead bytes for the second superframe; receive, from the another transceiver via the physical interface, the first superframe including a selected set of frames including the overhead bytes defined by the single parameter for the first superframe, wherein the content of the overhead bytes is determined by the another transceiver prior to insertion by the another transceiver of the overhead bytes into the selected set of frames. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a first transceiver configured to; negotiate, with a second transceiver, a single parameter during an initialization process or during steady-state communication with the second transceiver, wherein the single parameter defines a set of numbered frames that include overhead bytes for a first superframe; select the set of frames including the overhead bytes defined by the single parameter for the first superframe; determine content of the overhead bytes; insert the determined content of the overhead bytes to the selected set of frames; transmit the first superframe to the second transceiver; and renegotiate the single parameter to change an overhead date rate for a second superframe to allow selection of a different set of the numbered frames that include overhead bytes for the second superframe. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
a computer-readable medium including program code instructions, which in response to execution by a processor of a transceiver, cause the transceiver to; negotiate, with another transceiver, a single parameter during an initialization process or during steady-state communication with the another transceiver, wherein the single parameter defines a numbered set of frames that include overhead bytes for a first superframe; select the set of frames including the overhead bytes defined by the single parameter for the first superframe; determine content of the overhead bytes; insert the determined content of the overhead bytes to the selected set of frames; transmit the first superframe to the another transceiver; renegotiate the single parameter to change an overhead date rate for a second superframe by selection of a different set of the numbered frames that include overhead bytes for the second superframe. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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