Apex Standards Claim Construction


Patent: US10917272B2
Filed: 2009-08-21
Issued: 2021-02-09
Patent Holder: (Original Assignee) Applied Transform LLC     (Current Assignee) Ax Wireless LLC
Inventor(s): Joon Bae KIM, Marcos C. Tzannes

Title: Non-transitory computer-readable information storage media for variable header repetition in a wireless OFDM network

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media for use within a wireless OFDM network that causes to be transmitted or received a first packet type and a second packet type. 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 or received 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 or received using four OFDM symbols. The second packet type provides more reliable transmission or reception than the first packet type.

The First Claim: 1. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media, having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by one or more processors in a transceiver, cause to be performed a method comprising: generating, by a wireless Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communications transmitter, a 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; generating, by an encoder and a modulator, 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; transmitting, by the wireless OFDM communications transmitter, the first packet type over a wireless communication channel; generating, by the wireless OFDM communications transmitter, a 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; generating, by the encoder and the modulator, 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 transmitting, by the wireless OFDM communications transmitter, the second packet type over the wireless communication channel.


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

A non-transitory computer [1]
computer [1] [Meaning 1] machine
[Meaning 2] processor
[Meaning 3] device
[Meaning 4] electronically
[Meaning 5] tangible computer
[Meaning 6] and computer
[Meaning 7] computer machine
[Meaning 8] one or more
[Meaning 9] one or more computer
[Meaning 10] non or transitory computer
[Meaning 11] computer program product comprising computer
[Meaning 12] or non ex transitory combination of computer
[Meaning 13] machine readable medium comprising one or more machine
[Meaning 14] information storage medium or one or more tangible computer
[Interpretation 1] computer readable storage media having stored thereon instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause to be performed one or more computer
[Interpretation 2] machine readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for generating and transmitting packet types over wireless communication channels and methods of operation of machine
[Interpretation 3] non is volatile computer readable information storage media for transmitting and receiving wireless communication packets over wireless communication channels the non is volatile computer
[Interpretation 4] computer readable storage media having stored thereon instructions for transmitting and receiving wireless communication packets over wireless communication channels comprising non transitory computer
[Interpretation 5] machine readable storage medium for wireless of frequency division multiplex communication and header field generation comprising one or more machine
[Interpretation 6] computer readable storage media for wireless of frequency division multiplex communications transmitter and receiver operations the non non transitory computer
[Interpretation 7] machine readable storage medium for transmitting and receiving wireless communication packets in the non of transitory machine
[Interpretation 8] information storage medium for wireless of of communications transmitter comprising the computer
[Interpretation 9] information storage medium or one or more tangible and machine
[2] - readable information storage media [2] information storage media [2] [Meaning 1] medium
[Meaning 2] media
[Meaning 3] memory
[Meaning 4] storage
[Meaning 5] device
[Meaning 6] storage medium
[Meaning 7] recording medium
[Meaning 8] memory medium
[Meaning 9] media device
[Meaning 10] medium or media
[Meaning 11] medium comprising computer code
[Meaning 12] non volatile storage medium
[Meaning 13] medium comprising one or more signals
[Interpretation 1] memory device for wireless of frequency division multiplex communication and header field transmission over wireless communication channels in packet types
[Interpretation 2] memory device for wireless of frequency division multiplex communications transmitter and receiver in wireless communication system comprising memory device
[Interpretation 3] memory device for wireless of frequency division multiplex access communications in an unlicensed spectrum band of the internet
[Interpretation 4] recording medium comprising one or more computer readable medium storage devices or devices
[Interpretation 5] memory device or non non transitory computer readable medium or computer program product
[Interpretation 6] storage medium comprising one or more computer readable media in electronic form
[Interpretation 7] media comprising one or more non transitory computer readable storage media
[Interpretation 8] memory device or non transitory computer readable non transitory storage medium
[3] , having (the storage media having, wherein the media has, comprising one or more, in which there is, one or more of which, in which one or more have) stored (one or more stored, at least partially stored, computer readable and stored, stored in the media, non transitory computer stored, at least one of stored, stored on or having encoded) thereon instructions [3] thereon instructions [3] [Meaning 1] instructions
[Meaning 2] thereon
[Meaning 3] information
[Meaning 4] data
[Meaning 5] therein instructions
[Meaning 6] computer program instructions thereon
[Meaning 7] thereon one or more computer programs
[Interpretation 1] therein instructions for generating wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex communication protocol packets for transmission over wireless communication channels in accordance with claim 10
[Interpretation 2] in it instructions for generating wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex communication system header fields in one or more of packet types
[Interpretation 3] in it instructions for transmitting and receiving wireless of frequency division multiplex communications over wireless of communication channels
[Interpretation 4] thereon instructions for generating wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex access communications packets using multiple of the symbols
[Interpretation 5] on it computer program instructions for wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex communication of packet types
[Interpretation 6] thereupon instructions for generating packet types comprising header fields and payload fields
[Interpretation 7] thereupon one or more computer programs encoded in the media
[4] , that when executed (executed by or implemented, carried out in part, implemented in and executed, performed by and executed, read and executed collectively, executed by or otherwise processed, executed by one or more processors) by one or more processors [4] processors [4] [Meaning 1] circuits
[Meaning 2] components
[Meaning 3] controllers
[Meaning 4] processor
[Meaning 5] hardware processors
[Meaning 6] processing units
[Meaning 7] electronic processors
[Meaning 8] processors included
[Meaning 9] processor circuits
[Meaning 10] processors that reside
[Meaning 11] processors of an apparatus
[Meaning 12] program modules for use
[Meaning 13] processor or controller circuits
[Meaning 14] processors of an integrated circuit
[Interpretation 1] processing units of an information handling system that includes one or more processing units and an antenna
[Interpretation 2] processing units of an electronic device configured to perform one or more of the operations
[Interpretation 3] computer processors of one or more computer systems that are configured to process data packets
[Interpretation 4] computer processors configured to control one or more of the plurality of transceiver components
[Interpretation 5] processing units of one or more of the transceiver processing units
[Interpretation 6] hardware processors in one or more of the transceiver hardware components
[Interpretation 7] processor cores in one or more processors and transceiver cores
[5] in a transceiver [5] transceiver [5] [Meaning 1] device
[Meaning 2] computer
[Meaning 3] system
[Meaning 4] machine
[Meaning 5] controller
[Meaning 6] computing device
[Meaning 7] computer system
[Meaning 8] communications device
[Meaning 9] processing system
[Meaning 10] wireless device
[Meaning 11] wireless of
[Meaning 12] one or more computers
[Meaning 13] network of computing devices
[Meaning 14] computer or other device
[Interpretation 1] computer system that is in communication with one or more memory devices and one or more communication interfaces to provide access to the internet
[Interpretation 2] data processing system that is configured to perform one or more of the methods described herein and that when executed by the processing system
[Interpretation 3] computing device that is configured to access the non non transitory computer readable information storage media and to perform one or more operations
[Interpretation 4] computer system that is in communication with one or more other computer systems and that is configured to perform the method
[Interpretation 5] computer system that includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the processors
[Interpretation 6] processor and memory in the non non transitory computer readable information storage media storage device
[Interpretation 7] computing device that is configured to perform one or more of the following operations
[Interpretation 8] processor or more processors in an electronic device that is in wireless communication
[Interpretation 9] computing device that is in communication with the information storage media
[Interpretation 10] non transitory computer readable medium coupled to the storage media
[6] , cause to be performed (performed by the transceiver, in the transceiver perform, executed by one or more processors) a method [6] method [6] [Meaning 1] process
[Meaning 2] procedure
[Meaning 3] step
[Meaning 4] function
[Meaning 5] first method
[Meaning 6] communication method
[Meaning 7] method further
[Meaning 8] process flow
[Meaning 9] procedure method
[Meaning 10] set of operations
[Meaning 11] plurality of operations
[Meaning 12] packet transmission method
[Meaning 13] method of wireless communication
[Meaning 14] computer implemented method further
[Interpretation 1] method for transmitting packet types over wireless communication channels using wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex access communications systems using of frequency modulation techniques and
[Interpretation 2] process for transmitting one or more packets over an orthogonal frequency division multiplex access technology wireless communication channel using of symbols the process further
[Interpretation 3] plurality of operations by the transceiver to transmit and receive packets over wireless communication channels in accordance with packet types of the packets
[Interpretation 4] first method of wireless communication in an unlicensed spectrum band of the internet the first method
[Interpretation 5] computer implemented method for transmitting packet types over wireless communication channels the computer implemented method
[Interpretation 6] plurality of operations to generate packet types for transmission by the transceiver
[Interpretation 7] plurality of operations to transmit data packets using of communication
[7] comprising (comprising the steps of, wherein the method comprises, including the steps of, of wireless communications comprising, in accordance with the steps of, to transmit packet data that comprises) : generating (in response to generating, at least partially generating, receiving from an application, generating in packet form, at least one of generating, generating an instruction to generate, receiving from an external device) , by a wireless Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing [7] Frequency Division Multiplexing [7] [Meaning 1] modulation
[Meaning 2] multiplex
[Meaning 3] frequency
[Meaning 4] modulated
[Meaning 5] frequency division
[Meaning 6] multiple access
[Meaning 7] division multiplex
[Meaning 8] fourier transform
[Meaning 9] multiplex division
[Meaning 10] frequencies multiplex access
[Meaning 11] multi of carrier
[Meaning 12] frequency division multiplex or frequency division multiplex
[Meaning 13] multiple access system of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex
[Interpretation 1] multiple access multiple access system in communication with at least one of the processors in the transceiver and comprising an orthogonal frequency division multiplex
[Interpretation 2] multiple access multiple access system in which the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive packets and comprises an orthogonal frequency division multiplex
[Interpretation 3] multiple access system in which the wireless of of the orthogonal multiple access system comprises an orthogonal frequency division multiplex
[Interpretation 4] frequency division multiplex access system of an access point of the network comprising an orthogonal frequency division multiplex
[Interpretation 5] frequency division multiplex access communications transmitter comprising at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex access
[Interpretation 6] division multiplex access technology in the form of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex of the technology
[8] ( OFDM ) communications transmitter [8] communications transmitter [8] [Meaning 1] transmitter
[Meaning 2] transceiver
[Meaning 3] communications
[Meaning 4] transmission
[Meaning 5] communication transmitter
[Meaning 6] transmissions transmitter
[Meaning 7] transmitter in the transceiver
[Meaning 8] transmitter in one or more processors
[Meaning 9] communications transmitter in the wireless communication device
[Meaning 10] transmitter in the transceiver using the processor
[Meaning 11] communications transmitter coupled to one or more antennas
[Meaning 12] transmitter in the wireless of of communications transmitter
[Interpretation 1] transmitter in the transceiver and configured to transmit and receive wireless communication signals over an orthogonal frequency division multiplex access of the of frequency
[Interpretation 2] communications transmitter in the transceiver and configured to transmit data over wireless communication channels and configured to receive data over wireless channels
[Interpretation 3] transmitters in the transceiver and based on one or more packets received from one or more receivers in the transceiver
[Interpretation 4] communications transmitter in the transceiver and based on information received from an application processor in the transceiver device
[Interpretation 5] communication transmitter comprising at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the processor
[Interpretation 6] wireless communications transmitter and by the processor in the transceiver executing one or more software modules
[Interpretation 7] transmitters in the transceiver and based on information stored in the information storage media
[Interpretation 8] wireless communications transmitter coupled to the transceiver and to an antenna
[Interpretation 9] communications transmitter and by an encode and mod mod unit
[9] , a first packet type [9] packet type [9] [Meaning 1] packet
[Meaning 2] type
[Meaning 3] payload
[Meaning 4] header
[Meaning 5] package type
[Meaning 6] message type
[Meaning 7] data type
[Meaning 8] type of packet
[Meaning 9] packet type further
[Meaning 10] plurality of packet types
[Meaning 11] packet type of data
[Meaning 12] packet type comprising header information
[Meaning 13] packets type of of data packets
[Meaning 14] payload type of of the payload
[Interpretation 1] packet type comprising at least one of header fields and payload fields of the first packet type and
[Interpretation 2] data packet type comprising at least one of header fields of the at least one header field
[10] comprising a first header field [10] header field [10] [Meaning 1] header
[Meaning 2] field
[Meaning 3] heading
[Meaning 4] packet
[Meaning 5] head field
[Meaning 6] payload field
[Meaning 7] field header
[Meaning 8] packet header field
[Meaning 9] and second header field
[Meaning 10] field and first header field
[Meaning 11] header field and an information field
[Meaning 12] payload and first header field information
[Meaning 13] payload followed by the first header field
[Meaning 14] field header and an associated data field
[Interpretation 1] packet header field and an information field comprising at least one of an audio signal and at least one video signal
[Interpretation 2] field header of the first packet type followed by an information field of the first packet type comprising data
[Interpretation 3] payload field followed by an of frequency multiplex symbol comprising the first header field
[Interpretation 4] packet payload and first header field for the first packet payload
[Interpretation 5] header field and payload data following the first header field and
[Interpretation 6] data field followed by at least one first header field
[Interpretation 7] field comprising first header information and comprising first header information
[11] , wherein the first header field [10] comprises (further comprises at least, comprises header bits in, has been divided into, of the packet comprises, is divided into exactly, comprises at least the following, has an initial format comprising) two parts , a first part comprising a first set of header bits [11] header bits [11] [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] bits of the header field
[Meaning 10] data bits and an end bit
[Meaning 11] payload bits and first set of header bits
[Meaning 12] header bits and an additional set of header bits
[Interpretation 1] data bits and at least one second set of data bits
[Interpretation 2] payload bits and an optional first set of additional header bits
[Interpretation 3] first header bits and second set of the first header bits
[12] of the first header field [10] and a second part comprising a second set of header bits [11] of the first header field [10] , wherein the first set of header bits [11] of the first header field [10] is different than the second set of header bits [11] of the first header field [10] ; generating , by an encoder [12] encoder [12] [Meaning 1] encode
[Meaning 2] coder
[Meaning 3] interleaver
[Meaning 4] encoding
[Meaning 5] scrambler
[Meaning 6] encode generator
[Meaning 7] encoding device
[Meaning 8] encoded encode module
[Meaning 9] encoding of an apparatus
[Meaning 10] en encode encode circuit
[Meaning 11] at least one encode device
[Meaning 12] encoding of the encode signal
[Meaning 13] encode in the transceiver device
[Meaning 14] encode in of the communications transmitter
[Interpretation 1] at least one of the one or more processors coupled to an encode generator
[Interpretation 2] at least one of the transceiver or another transceiver comprising an encode generator
[Interpretation 3] encoding and mod mod at least one of an encode engine
[Interpretation 4] encoding and mod mod circuit unit comprising an encode generator
[13] and a modulator [13] modulator [13] [Meaning 1] mapper
[Meaning 2] demodulator
[Meaning 3] modem
[Meaning 4] transmitter
[Meaning 5] first modulator
[Meaning 6] modulation device
[Meaning 7] modulator circuit
[Meaning 8] modulated modulator
[Meaning 9] modulator in combination
[Meaning 10] mod mod der
[Meaning 11] modulator in the transceiver
[Meaning 12] transmitter of the transceiver
[Meaning 13] modulator in the communications transmitter
[Meaning 14] mod for the first packet type
[14] , a first OFDM symbol [14] OFDM symbol [14] [Meaning 1] symbol
[Meaning 2] first
[Meaning 3] modulated symbol
[Meaning 4] frequency symbol
[Meaning 5] symbol of of modulation
[Meaning 6] one of the symbols
[Meaning 7] first of symbol symbol
[Meaning 8] or an of symbol sequence
[Meaning 9] followed by an of symbol and
[Meaning 10] and third of of symbol each
[Meaning 11] symbol followed by an of first symbol
[Meaning 12] frequency division multiplex of of the symbol
[Meaning 13] or second of of symbol followed by or not
[Interpretation 1] symbol followed by the first of the first header field followed by an of symbol and
[Interpretation 2] modulated signal comprising an encoded first packet comprising the first of the symbol
[Interpretation 3] modulated signal comprising at least one of an first of symbol symbol
[Interpretation 4] modulated symbol followed by an inverted first of modulated symbol
[15] followed (that is immediately followed, at least partially followed, in time domain followed, followed by and followed, that is preceded and followed, preceded by and then followed, followed by an unmodulated symbol followed) by a second OFDM symbol [14] , wherein the first OFDM symbol [14] is used to transmit (transmit header bits of, carry information bits of, the transmit at least, be trans mitt of, trans mu mu it, carry at least part of, comprise the first part of) the first part of the first header field [10] and the second OFDM symbol [14] is used to transmit the second part of the first header field [10] ; transmitting (wirelessly transmitting or receiving, sending to the receiver, transmitting in time domain, and prop prop transmitting, transmitting the first packet type, generating and transmitting in parallel, and transmitting in one direction) , by the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [15] OFDM communications transmitter [15] [Meaning 1] transmitter
[Meaning 2] transceiver
[Meaning 3] device
[Meaning 4] transmission
[Meaning 5] communications transmitter
[Meaning 6] transmitter communications
[Meaning 7] orthogonal frequency division communications transmitter
[Interpretation 1] orthogonal frequency division multiplex communication transmitter and by the wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex communication
[Interpretation 2] at least one of the one or more transceiver antennas
[16] , the first packet type [9] over a wireless communication channel [16] communication channel [16] [Meaning 1] channel
[Meaning 2] network
[Meaning 3] link
[Meaning 4] medium
[Meaning 5] interface
[Meaning 6] communications channel
[Meaning 7] transmission medium
[Meaning 8] access interface
[Meaning 9] or wired network
[Meaning 10] of the transceiver
[Meaning 11] communication access interface
[Meaning 12] one or more channels
[Meaning 13] medium to the receiver
[Meaning 14] channel to the receiver
[Interpretation 1] communications channel to an end user device in response to receiving the first packet type from an end user device receiver
[Interpretation 2] channel to an end user device in the wireless of of the wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex communication system transmitter
[Interpretation 3] communication channel to an end user device that is in communication with the wireless of communications transmitter
[Interpretation 4] frequency spectrum band and transmitting the first packet type over the wireless frequency spectrum band is repeated
[Interpretation 5] communication channel to an end user device that is coupled to the wireless communication channel
[Interpretation 6] access network to an access point via one or more of the antennas
[Interpretation 7] communication channel to an end user device using the first of of symbol
[Interpretation 8] orthogonal frequency division multiplex access access channel of the of band
[17] ; generating , by the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [15] , a second packet type [9] comprising a second header field [10] , wherein the second header field [10] comprises four parts , a first part comprising a first set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] , a second part comprising a second set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] , a third part comprising a third set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] and a fourth part comprising a fourth set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] , wherein the first set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] is the same as the second set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] , wherein the third set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] is the same as the fourth set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] ; generating , by the encoder [12] and the modulator [13] , a first OFDM symbol [14] followed by a second OFDM symbol [14] followed by a third OFDM symbol [14] followed by a fourth OFDM symbol [14] , wherein the first OFDM symbol [14] is used to transmit the first part of the second header field [10] , the second OFDM symbol [14] is used to transmit the second part of the second header field [10] , the third OFDM symbol [14] is used to transmit the third part of the second header field [10] , the fourth OFDM symbol [14] is used to transmit the fourth part of the second header field [10] , wherein the second set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] transmitted (that are transmitted by, of the packet transmitted, transmitted by the transmitter, in the second part, of the second packet type, transmitted in the second part) using the second OFDM symbol [14] are transmitted in a different order than the first set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] transmitted using the first OFDM symbol [14] , wherein the fourth set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] transmitted using the fourth OFDM symbol [14] are transmitted in a different order than the third set of header bits [11] of the second header field [10] transmitted using the third OFDM symbol [14] ; and transmitting , by the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [15] , the second packet type [9] over the wireless communication channel [16] .