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Patent: US10291449B2
Filed: 2009-08-21
Issued: 2019-05-14
Patent Holder: (Original Assignee) Applied Transform LLC     (Current Assignee) Ax Wireless LLC
Inventor(s): Joon Bae KIM, Marcos C. Tzannes

Title: Transmitter method and apparatus for variable header repetition in a wireless OFDM network with different channel bandwidths

Abstract: Method and apparatus for use within a wireless OFDM network that transmits a first packet type in a first channel bandwidth and a second packet type in a second channel bandwidth, the first channel bandwidth being at least two times wider than the second channel bandwidth. The first packet type has a header field with two parts with each part comprising a different set of header bits. The two parts of the header field are transmitted using two OFDM symbols. The second packet type has a header field with four parts with the first and second parts comprising the same first set of header bits and the third and the fourth part comprising the same second set of header bits. The four parts of the header field are transmitted using four OFDM symbols. The second packet type provides more reliable transmission than the first packet type.

The First Claim: 1. A wireless OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) transceiver comprising: a wireless OFDM communications transmitter operable to generate a first packet type for transmission in a first channel bandwidth, the first packet type comprising a first header field, wherein the first header field comprises two parts, a first part comprising a first set of header bits of the first header field and a second part comprising a second set of header bits of the first header field, wherein the first set of header bits of the first header field is different than the second set of header bits of the first header field; and an encoder and a modulator operable to generate a first OFDM symbol followed by a second OFDM symbol, wherein the first OFDM symbol is used to transmit the first part of the first header field and the second OFDM symbol is used to transmit the second part of the first header field, the wireless OFDM communications transmitter further operable to transmit the first packet type over a wireless communication channel, the wireless OFDM communications transmitter further operable to generate a second packet type for transmission in a second channel bandwidth, the second packet type comprising a second header field, wherein the second header field comprises four parts, a first part comprising a first set of header bits of the second header field, a second part comprising a second set of header bits of the second header field, a third part comprising a third set of header bits of the second header field and a fourth part comprising a fourth set of header bits of the second header field, wherein the first set of header bits of the second header field is the same as the second set of header bits of the second header field, wherein the third set of header bits of the second header field is the same as the fourth set of header bits of the second header field, the encoder and the modulator further operable to generate a first OFDM symbol followed by a second OFDM symbol followed by a third OFDM symbol followed by a fourth OFDM symbol, wherein the first OFDM symbol is used to transmit the first part of the second header field, the second OFDM symbol is used to transmit the second part of the second header field, the third OFDM symbol is used to transmit the third part of the second header field, the fourth OFDM symbol is used to transmit the fourth part of the second header field, wherein the second set of header bits of the second header field transmitted using the second OFDM symbol are transmitted in a different order than the first set of header bits of the second header field transmitted using the first OFDM symbol, wherein the fourth set of header bits of the second header field transmitted using the fourth OFDM symbol are transmitted in a different order than the third set of header bits of the second header field transmitted using the third OFDM symbol, and the wireless OFDM communications transmitter further operable to transmit the second packet type over the wireless communication channel, wherein the first channel bandwidth is at least two times wider than the second channel bandwidth.


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Reference Claim Element / Subject Matter Feature Meaning Claim Construction & Interpretation
[1] 1 .

A wireless OFDM ( Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing [1]
Frequency Division Multiplexing [1] [Meaning 1] modulation
[Meaning 2] frequency
[Meaning 3] multiplex
[Meaning 4] permutation
[Meaning 5] frequency division
[Meaning 6] multiple access
[Meaning 7] fourier transform
[Meaning 8] multiplex modulation
[Meaning 9] multiple frequency multiplex
[Meaning 10] division multiplex access of the frequency
[Meaning 11] multiple access multiple access of the spectrum
[Interpretation 1] frequency division multiplex of the carrier frequency domain of the multi carrier multi access system
[Interpretation 2] division multiplex of the frequency and time domain with frequency multiplex access
[2] ) transceiver [2] transceiver [2] [Meaning 1] system
[Meaning 2] device
[Meaning 3] apparatus
[Meaning 4] transmitter
[Meaning 5] communications system
[Meaning 6] transmitter system
[Meaning 7] system apparatus
[Meaning 8] wireless communications device
[Meaning 9] system comprising an apparatus
[Meaning 10] system for transmitting data packets
[Meaning 11] network node comprising an apparatus
[Meaning 12] transmitter and receiver system system
[Meaning 13] system for transmitting packet data communications
[Meaning 14] transmitter and receiver system for wireless communications
[Interpretation 1] wireless communications device operable to transmit and receive packet types over wireless communication channels in different channel bandwidth ranges of the device and
[Interpretation 2] communications device operable to transmit and receive packets over wireless communication channels using of frequency division multiplex symbols of the packets and
[Interpretation 3] base station operable to transmit and receive wireless of of frequency division multiplex communications in packets and
[Interpretation 4] transmitter for use in wireless communication systems and methods of wireless communication systems
[Interpretation 5] transmitter for use in wireless of the air communications systems the transmitter
[3] comprising (for wireless communications comprising, system comprising at least, comprising the following components, in an electronic device that comprises) : a wireless OFDM communications transmitter [3] OFDM communications transmitter [3] [Meaning 1] processor
[Meaning 2] controller
[Meaning 3] transceiver
[Meaning 4] transmitter
[Meaning 5] interface
[Meaning 6] communications transmitter
[Meaning 7] packet generator
[Meaning 8] packet generation module
[Meaning 9] communication packet generator
[Meaning 10] frequency division multiplex communications transmitter
[Meaning 11] of of communications transmitter comprising an encode module
[Interpretation 1] communication interface operable to receive data from an external device via the wireless communication interface and the processor further
[Interpretation 2] wireless communications transmitter operable to transmit and receive packets over wireless communication channels and comprising an encode module
[Interpretation 3] communication interface operable to receive data from an external device and to transmit data thereto an encode module
[Interpretation 4] packet generation module operable to generate wireless of of the communications transmitter packet type packets and further
[Interpretation 5] packet generation module comprising at least one processor and at least one memory and
[Interpretation 6] wireless communications transmitter comprising at least one of an encode and modulator that is
[Interpretation 7] frequency division multiplex access transmitter comprising an encode and mod mod der
[Interpretation 8] orthogonal frequency division multiplex modulation of the communications transmitter is
[4] operable to generate (process data to generate, receive data and generate, generate and to transmit, transmit to an antenna, generate at least part of, modulate an input signal into, transmit over the wireless communication channel) a first packet type [4] packet type [4] [Meaning 1] packet
[Meaning 2] type
[Meaning 3] protocol
[Meaning 4] package type
[Meaning 5] header type
[Meaning 6] type of packet
[Meaning 7] packet type suitable
[Meaning 8] plurality of packet types
[Meaning 9] packet type of data
[Meaning 10] packet type comprising data bits
[Meaning 11] one of four different packet types
[Meaning 12] of frequency multiplex packet type suitable
[Meaning 13] data packet of the first packet type
[Meaning 14] protocol data unit type pd packet type
[Interpretation 1] type of packet comprising at least one of data and control information and
[Interpretation 2] packets type and to transmit the first packet type to the air
[Interpretation 3] type of packet comprising at least one of the following fields
[5] for transmission [5] transmission [5] [Meaning 1] transmitting
[Meaning 2] communication
[Meaning 3] transmissions
[Meaning 4] transfer
[Meaning 5] wireless transmission
[Meaning 6] use in wireless communications
[Meaning 7] transmitting over the channel
[Meaning 8] wireless of the transceiver
[Meaning 9] transmission over wireless communication channel
[Meaning 10] the first packet type transmission
[Meaning 11] wireless of of communications transmission
[Meaning 12] the wireless of of transmission transmission
[Meaning 13] use in transmitting of the packet
[Meaning 14] transmission over at least one wireless channel
[Interpretation 1] transmissions over wireless communication channels of different bandwidth and to transmit the first packet type only
[Interpretation 2] transmissions over wireless communication channels of different bandwidth for transmission over wireless communication channels
[6] in a first channel bandwidth [6] channel bandwidth [6] [Meaning 1] bandwidth
[Meaning 2] channel
[Meaning 3] frequency
[Meaning 4] subband
[Meaning 5] channels bandwidth
[Meaning 6] carrier bandwidth
[Meaning 7] bandwidth channel
[Meaning 8] frequency bandwidth
[Meaning 9] communication channel bandwidth
[Meaning 10] channel bandwidth of interest
[Meaning 11] bandwidth of wireless communication channel
[Meaning 12] channel bandwidth of the transceiver
[Meaning 13] communication channel having the first channel bandwidth
[Interpretation 1] band of channel width and transmit the first packet type over the first band of channel width
[Interpretation 2] packet type bandwidth and to transmit the first packet type over an air interface
[Interpretation 3] bandwidth channel over an orthogonal frequency division multiplex of an of frequency
[7] , the first packet type [4] comprising a first header field [7] header field [7] [Meaning 1] header
[Meaning 2] field
[Meaning 3] heading
[Meaning 4] packet
[Meaning 5] head field
[Meaning 6] payload field
[Meaning 7] preamble field
[Meaning 8] packet header field
[Meaning 9] field of header
[Meaning 10] or second header field
[Meaning 11] header field for transmission
[Meaning 12] header field and payload data
[Meaning 13] field of the first header
[Meaning 14] header field and an information field
[Interpretation 1] field header for transmission in the first channel bandwidth of the packet
[Interpretation 2] packet header field followed by an of the first packet data
[Interpretation 3] data field followed by at least one first header field
[8] , wherein the first header field [7] comprises (further comprises at least, comprises header bits in, of the packet comprises, in packet type comprises, is divided into exactly, has an initial format comprising, comprises at least the following) two parts , a first part comprising a first set of header bits [8] header bits [8] [Meaning 1] bits
[Meaning 2] header
[Meaning 3] bytes
[Meaning 4] data
[Meaning 5] head bits
[Meaning 6] payload bits
[Meaning 7] data bits
[Meaning 8] the header bits
[Meaning 9] header bits for transmission
[Meaning 10] bits of the first header
[Meaning 11] header bits of the first
[Meaning 12] data bits and an end bit
[Meaning 13] first header bits of the header bits
[Meaning 14] data bits and first set of header bits
[Interpretation 1] payload bits and at least one second set of header bits
[Interpretation 2] data bits and an additional set of data bits for transmission
[Interpretation 3] payload bits and an optional first set of header bits
[9] of the first header field [7] and a second part comprising a second set of header bits [8] of the first header field [7] , wherein the first set of header bits [8] of the first header field [7] is different than the second set of header bits [8] of the first header field [7] ; and an encoder [9] encoder [9] [Meaning 1] encode
[Meaning 2] coder
[Meaning 3] encoding
[Meaning 4] interleaver
[Meaning 5] scrambler
[Meaning 6] encode generator
[Meaning 7] interlace generator
[Meaning 8] encoded device
[Meaning 9] encode and decoder
[Meaning 10] encoding an apparatus
[Meaning 11] antenna and encode logic
[Meaning 12] encoding and modulation unit
[Meaning 13] encode and encode modulator
[Meaning 14] antenna comprising an encode generator
[Interpretation 1] encode to generate an encoded header field for transmission in the first channel bandwidth using the first header field and an encode modulator
[Interpretation 2] at least one of an encode to generate an encoded first of the header field
[Interpretation 3] at least one of an encode to encode the first packet type data
[Interpretation 4] apparatus for wireless of of communications comprising at least an encode generator
[Interpretation 5] at least one of an encode controller and an encode controller
[Interpretation 6] rf transmitter operable to transmit rf signals comprising an encode
[10] and a modulator [10] modulator [10] [Meaning 1] mapper
[Meaning 2] demodulator
[Meaning 3] modem
[Meaning 4] transmitter
[Meaning 5] modulator further
[Meaning 6] modulator that are
[Meaning 7] transmitter modulator further
[Meaning 8] modulated signal generator
[Meaning 9] modulator comprising an interleaver
[Meaning 10] modulated of the transmitter
[Meaning 11] modulator comprising an encode modulator
[Meaning 12] mod for the header field
[Meaning 13] modulate the encode and modulator further
[Meaning 14] modulator of the wireless of communication transmitter
[Interpretation 1] mod for generating an of of symbol sequence wherein the encode and modulator is
[Interpretation 2] modulation operable to generate the first packet type using the modulator further
[Interpretation 3] mod for generating the first packet type using the first header field
[Interpretation 4] modulated modulator operable to generate the first packet type and further being
[Interpretation 5] modulation module wherein the encode module and the modulator are
[11] operable to generate a first OFDM symbol [11] OFDM symbol [11] [Meaning 1] symbol
[Meaning 2] part
[Meaning 3] first
[Meaning 4] data symbol
[Meaning 5] frequency symbol
[Meaning 6] optical of symbol
[Meaning 7] one of the symbols
[Meaning 8] first of symbol symbol
[Meaning 9] an of symbol is
[Meaning 10] single of symbol data
[Meaning 11] or an of symbol sequence
[Meaning 12] symbol of of the fm
[Meaning 13] frequency division multiplex of the symbol
[Meaning 14] and third of of symbol each
[Interpretation 1] modulated signal comprising an orthogonal frequency division multiplex symbol sequence followed by at least one first of symbol and
[Interpretation 2] sub of carrier frequency modulation symbol followed by the first header field and by an of modulation symbol
[Interpretation 3] sub of carrier frequency modulation symbol followed by an orthogonal frequency division multiplex first of fm symbol
[Interpretation 4] frequency division multiplex of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex symbol followed by an of the symbol
[Interpretation 5] modulated signal comprising at least one of at least one first of symbol symbol
[Interpretation 6] frequency division multiplex symbol followed by an inverted first frequency division multiplex symbol
[Interpretation 7] packet type for transmission by generating first of an of data symbol
[Interpretation 8] symbol followed by an inverted first of the symbol and
[12] followed (which is then followed, that is immediately followed, in time domain followed, at least partially followed, followed by and followed, that is preceded and followed, preceded by and then followed) by a second OFDM symbol [11] , wherein the first OFDM symbol [11] is used to transmit (transmit header bits of, carry information corresponding to, be transmitted to transmit, the transmit at least, trans mu mu it, carry the payload data and, comprise the first part of) the first part of the first header field [7] and the second OFDM symbol [11] is used to transmit the second part of the first header field [7] , the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [3] further operable to transmit the first packet type [4] over a wireless communication channel [12] communication channel [12] [Meaning 1] channel
[Meaning 2] link
[Meaning 3] network
[Meaning 4] medium
[Meaning 5] interface
[Meaning 6] communications channel
[Meaning 7] transmission medium
[Meaning 8] access channel
[Meaning 9] optical communications link
[Meaning 10] or optical channel
[Meaning 11] of the channel
[Meaning 12] one or more channels
[Meaning 13] channel of the transceiver
[Meaning 14] frequency of the transceiver
[Interpretation 1] base station to an access point over which the first packet type is to be transmitted for reception
[Interpretation 2] access network to an access point operable to receive the first packet type from the transceiver
[Interpretation 3] channel and to transmit the first packet type over the wireless channel in an overlapping manner
[Interpretation 4] air interface to an access point via an access point to wireless air interface
[Interpretation 5] access network to an access point via the first of the channel bandwidth
[Interpretation 6] channel using the first part of the first of header field
[13] , the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [3] further operable to generate a second packet type [4] for transmission [5] in a second channel bandwidth [6] , the second packet type [4] comprising a second header field [7] , wherein the second header field [7] comprises four parts , a first part comprising a first set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] , a second part comprising a second set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] , a third part comprising a third set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] and a fourth part comprising a fourth set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] , wherein the first set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] is the same as the second set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] , wherein the third set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] is the same as the fourth set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] , the encoder [9] and the modulator [10] further operable to generate a first OFDM symbol [11] followed by a second OFDM symbol [11] followed by a third OFDM symbol [11] followed by a fourth OFDM symbol [11] , wherein the first OFDM symbol [11] is used to transmit the first part of the second header field [7] , the second OFDM symbol [11] is used to transmit the second part of the second header field [7] , the third OFDM symbol [11] is used to transmit the third part of the second header field [7] , the fourth OFDM symbol [11] is used to transmit the fourth part of the second header field [7] , wherein the second set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] transmitted (that have been transmitted, of the packet transmitted, transmitted in the packet, transmitted using the first and transmitted) using the second OFDM symbol [11] are transmitted in a different order than the first set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] transmitted using the first OFDM symbol [11] , wherein the fourth set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] transmitted using the fourth OFDM symbol [11] are transmitted in a different order than the third set of header bits [8] of the second header field [7] transmitted using the third OFDM symbol [11] , and the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [3] further operable to transmit the second packet type [4] over the wireless communication channel [12] , wherein the first channel bandwidth [6] is at least two times wider than the second channel bandwidth [6] .