System and method for controlling combined radio signals
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals having orthogonal frequency signal components, comprising:
- receiving information defining the at least two signals;
transforming the information defining each respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal to at least one representation having orthogonal frequency signal components, the information defining at least one of the respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals being transformed into at least two alternate representations, each representation being a orthogonal frequency division multiplexed having different orthogonal frequency signal components representing the same information;
combining the transformed representation of the information of the at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals each having orthogonal frequency signal components, using the at least two alternate representations, in at least two different ways, to define respectively different combinations of the at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals representing the same information which are each compatible with a radio frequency communication of the same information to a receiver according to a model of the receiver, within a radio frequency carrier modulated by a respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal;
analyzing the respectively different combinations representing the same information with respect to at least one criterion dependent on the combination;
selecting a respective one of the at least two alternate representations for inclusion in a combination based on said analyzing; and
outputting at least one of;
(a) information identifying a respective combined waveform, (b) information defining the respective defined waveform, and (c) information representing a respective combined waveform comprising a selected combination of the transformed information from each of the at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals, based on said selecting.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of at least two signals having orthogonal frequency multiplexed signal components, comprising: receiving information defining the at least two signals; transforming the information defining each signal to a representation having orthogonal frequency multiplexed signal components, such that at least one signal has at least two alternate representations of the same information, and combining the transformed information using the at least two alternate representations, in at least two different ways, to define respectively different combinations; analyzing the respectively different combinations with respect to at least one criterion; and outputting a respective combined waveform or information defining the waveform, representing a selected combination of the transformed information from each of the at least two signals selected based on the analysis.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals having orthogonal frequency signal components, comprising:
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receiving information defining the at least two signals; transforming the information defining each respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal to at least one representation having orthogonal frequency signal components, the information defining at least one of the respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals being transformed into at least two alternate representations, each representation being a orthogonal frequency division multiplexed having different orthogonal frequency signal components representing the same information; combining the transformed representation of the information of the at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals each having orthogonal frequency signal components, using the at least two alternate representations, in at least two different ways, to define respectively different combinations of the at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals representing the same information which are each compatible with a radio frequency communication of the same information to a receiver according to a model of the receiver, within a radio frequency carrier modulated by a respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal; analyzing the respectively different combinations representing the same information with respect to at least one criterion dependent on the combination; selecting a respective one of the at least two alternate representations for inclusion in a combination based on said analyzing; and outputting at least one of;
(a) information identifying a respective combined waveform, (b) information defining the respective defined waveform, and (c) information representing a respective combined waveform comprising a selected combination of the transformed information from each of the at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals, based on said selecting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for combining a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals in a respective plurality of channels, each orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal comprising a set of phase and amplitude modulated orthogonal frequency components within a channel, comprising:
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a processor configured to; receive information defining each of the plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals, represent the received information defining each of the plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals as a respective plurality of orthogonal frequency signal components, wherein the information defining at least one of the plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals is represented as a plurality of alternate sets of orthogonal frequency signal components together defining the same received information, analyze with respect to at least one fitness criterion a plurality of different combinations of the respective plurality of orthogonal frequency signal components representing the plurality of signals, each of the plurality of representations including respectively alternate sets of orthogonal frequency signal components of the at least one of the plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals, and the respectively alternate sets of orthogonal frequency signal components each being compatible, according to a model of a receiver, with a communication of the received information to the modelled receiver via a radio frequency carrier modulated with each respective set of orthogonal frequency signal components; and select a respective one of the different combinations based on the analysis; and an output port configured to present at least one of an identification of the selected combination, the selected combination, and information defining the selected combination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for combining a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals in different frequency channels, comprising:
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an input port configured to receive information defining the plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals; a processor configured to; represent the received information defining at least one of the plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals as at least two alternate sets of respective plurality of orthogonal frequency signal components together defining the same received information, analyze with respect to at least one fitness criterion selectively dependent on a respective combination of a plurality of different combinations of the respective plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals, which are each determined to be compatible, according to a model of a receiver, with a communication of a radio frequency carrier modulated with the respective orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal to the modelled receiver; and select a respective one of the different combinations of the respective plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals based on the analysis; and an output port configured to present at least one of an identification of the selected combination, the selected combination, and information defining the selected combination.
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